balance beam

See also: balance-beam

English

A gymnast walking on a balance beam.

The balance beam of a balance scale (marked by the red box).

balance beam (plural balance beams)

(gymnastics) A narrow wooden rail used in gymnastics.
The horizontal member of any balance (scale,) usually carrying pans at each end, supported at its center by a fulcrum.

gymnastics: narrow wooden rail

horizontal member of a balance

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