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Teeter-totter   /tˈitər-tˈɑtər/   Listen
Teeter-totter

noun
1.
A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end.  Synonyms: dandle board, seesaw, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board.
verb
1.
Ride on a plank.  Synonyms: seesaw, teetertotter.





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"Teeter-totter" Quotes from Famous Books



... went on smiling. "Loan me your pocket knife and a piece of paper from your notebook. If I cut out a rectangular piece of paper from this sheet and mount it on a pivot or shaft at A B, I can rotate it through 180 degrees, just like a child's teeter-totter, so that X will be where Y originally was. That is in two dimensions. Now, simply add one dimension all the way round and you will have what daddy is doing with space. He does it by shoving fifty or ...
— The Einstein See-Saw • Miles John Breuer


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