Antonyms for knife-edges

Grammar : Noun

Definition of knife-edges

As in plica : noun fold
As in plication : noun fold
As in rimple : noun fold
As in ruck : noun fold
As in fold : noun double thickness

Example sentences :

The surface was like sponge-glass, brittle and deadly with knife-edges when broken.
Extract from : « Shock Treatment » by Stanley Mullen

This constitutes the fulcrum—the upper board resting on these knife-edges, and being unevenly balanced on them.
Extract from : « The Problems of Psychical Research » by Hereward Carrington

The knife-edges rest on bearing-plates placed on these base-plates.
Extract from : « Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 » by Herbert M. Wilson

The radius of the swing, measured from the point of the knife-edges to the center of the trunnions, is 89 in.
Extract from : « Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, vol. LXX, Dec. 1910 » by Herbert M. Wilson

Just as a balance turns on its knife-edges, so on it our moral destiny turns.
Extract from : « Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals » by William James

Synonyms for knife-edges

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