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Webster 1913 Edition
Bascule
Bas′cule
(băs′kū̍l)
, Noun.
[F., a seesaw.]
In mechanics, an apparatus on the principle of the seesaw, in which one end rises as the other falls.
Bascule bridge
, a counterpoise or balanced drawbridge, which is opened by sinking the counterpoise and thus lifting the footway into the air.
Definition 2024
bascule
bascule
See also: basculé
English
bascule
A bascule bridge
Noun
bascule (plural bascules)
- a counterbalanced structure having one end that rises as the other lowers
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bas.kyl/
Verb
bascule
- first-person singular present indicative of basculer
- third-person singular present indicative of basculer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of basculer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of basculer
- second-person singular imperative of basculer
Spanish
Verb
bascule
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of bascular.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of bascular.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of bascular.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of bascular.