cantilever vs joist

cantilever

noun
  • A beam anchored at one end and used as a lever within a microelectromechanical system. 

  • A beam anchored at one end and projecting into space, such as a long bracket projecting from a wall to support a balcony. 

  • A technique, similar to the spread eagle, in which the skater travels along a deep edge with knees bent and bends their back backwards, parallel to the ice. 

verb
  • To project (something) in the manner of or by means of a cantilever. 

joist

noun
  • A piece of timber or steel laid horizontally, or nearly so, to which the planks of the floor, or the laths or furring strips of a ceiling, are nailed. 

verb
  • To fit or furnish with joists. 

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