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balance beam

balance beam noun: a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.

balance beam: a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics
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Noun

balance beam (plural 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.

balance beam meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

balance beam in Tamil

தராசுத்துலா

balance beam in Indonesian

gymnastics: narrow wooden rail
balok keseimbangan

Forms of balance beam

pluralbalance beams

Questions about balance beam

What does balance beam mean?
Balance beam means a gymnastics apparatus, a narrow wooden rail used in artistic (athletic) gymnastics.
What is balance beam in Tamil?
Balance beam in Tamil is தராசுத்துலா. See Balance beam meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is balance beam?
Balance beam is a noun.
What is the plural of balance beam?
The plural of balance beam is balance beams.

Words near balance beam in the dictionary

  1. balamuthosis
  2. Balan
  3. balanaeopterid
  4. balancable
  5. balance
  6. balance beam
  7. balance beams
  8. balance bicycle
  9. balance bicycles
  10. balance bike
  11. balance bikes

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