balance beam

See also: balance-beam

English

A gymnast walking on a balance beam.

The balance beam of a balance scale (marked by the red box).

Noun

balance beam (plural balance beams)

1. (gymnastics) A narrow wooden rail used in gymnastics.
2. The horizontal member of any balance (scale,) usually carrying pans at each end, supported at its center by a fulcrum.

Translations

gymnastics: narrow wooden rail

• Bulgarian: греда (bg) (greda)
• Danish: bom (da) c
• Dutch: evenwichtsbalk (nl)
• Finnish: puomi (fi)
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• Indonesian: balok keseimbangan
• Polish: balans (pl) m
• Russian: бревно́ (ru) n (brevnó)

horizontal member of a balance

• Bulgarian: кобилица (bg) (kobilica)
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• Finnish: orsi (fi)