"balance beam" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-PerfectSoundWhatever-balance beam.wav [Canada] Forms: balance beams [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} balance beam (plural balance beams)
  1. (gymnastics) A gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics. Categories (topical): Gymnastics, Sports equipment Translations (gymnastics: narrow wooden rail): греда (greda) (Bulgarian), barra d'equilibri [feminine] (Catalan), bom [common-gender] (Danish), evenwichtsbalk [masculine] (Dutch), puomi (Finnish), poutre [feminine] (French), Schwebebalken [masculine] (German), gerenda (Hungarian), balok keseimbangan (Indonesian), trave di equilibrio [feminine] (Italian), balans [masculine] (Polish), równoważnia [feminine] (Polish), trave de equilíbrio [feminine] (Portuguese), бревно́ (brevnó) [neuter] (Russian), barra de equilibrio [feminine] (Spanish), viga de equilibrio [feminine] (Spanish), denge aleti (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-balance_beam-en-noun-aog-yM2g Disambiguation of Sports equipment: 54 43 3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 29 34 Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'gymnastics: narrow wooden rail': 79 20 1
  2. (gymnastics) A gymnastics event using the balance beam apparatus. Categories (topical): Gymnastics
    Sense id: en-balance_beam-en-noun-xiavM0uL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 29 34 Topics: gymnastics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
  3. The horizontal member of any balance (scale,) usually carrying pans at each end, supported at its center by a fulcrum. Translations (horizontal member of a balance): кобилица (kobilica) (Bulgarian), orsi (Finnish), Waagebalken [masculine] (German)
    Sense id: en-balance_beam-en-noun-UurqFcw3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 29 34 Disambiguation of 'horizontal member of a balance': 6 12 82

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