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(noun.) a structure or device in which one end is counterbalanced by the other (on the principle of the seesaw).

Typist: Manfred--From WordNet

(n.) In mechanics an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.

Checked by Letitia

n. an apparatus of the lever kind in which one end is raised while the other is depressed.

Edited by Annabel