inclined plane
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edit- (mechanics) One of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted vertically.
- 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Fordell Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 188:
- On this railway there were three inclined planes of the self-acting type, the full wagons pulling up the empty.
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editsimple machine
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