balance beam

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balance beam

noun balance beams

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

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noun gymnastics: narrow wooden rail

Españolbarra de equilibrio, viga de equilibrio
한국어평균대 pyeonggyundae
日本語平均台 heikindai
中文平衡木 pínghéngmù
Portuguêstrave de equilíbrio
Françaispoutre
DeutschSchwebebalken
Italianotrave di equilibrio
Ελληνικάδοκός ισορροπίας dokós isorropías
Русскийбревно́ brevnó

noun horizontal member of a balance

DeutschWaagebalken

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@misc{balance_beam_2026,
  title = {balance beam},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/balance%20beam},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}