"bascule bridge" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bascule bridges [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} bascule bridge (plural bascule bridges)
  1. A movable bridge consisting of one or two opening leaves equipped with balancing and stabilizing counterweights that ease and speed up their operation. Wikidata QID: Q911663 Synonyms: drawbridge Hypernyms: lifting bridge, movable bridge, bridge, infrastructure Coordinate_terms: vertical-lift bridge, swing bridge, truss bridge, cable-stayed bridge, suspension bridge Translations (type of movable bridge): pont basculant [masculine] (Catalan), klapbro [common-gender] (Danish), basculebrug [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), läppäsilta (Finnish), pont basculant [masculine] (French), Klappbrücke [feminine] (German), felnyíló híd (Hungarian), vængjabrú [feminine] (Icelandic), 도개교 (dogaegyo) (alt: 跳開橋) (Korean), most zwodzony [masculine] (Polish), ponte basculante [feminine] (Portuguese), pod basculant [neuter] (Romanian), раскрыва́ющийся мост (raskryvájuščijsja most) [masculine] (Russian), разводно́й мост (razvodnój most) [masculine] (Russian), подъёмный мост (podʺjómnyj most) [masculine] (Russian), puente basculante [masculine] (Spanish), ᮞᮞᮊ᮪ ᮃᮀᮊᮒ᮪ (sasak angkat) (Sundanese), klaffbro [common-gender] (Swedish)

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          "word": "ponte basculante"
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      "alt": "跳開橋",
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