| NOUN | artifact | inclined plane | a simple machine for elevating objects |
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| Meaning | A simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal. | |
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| Narrower | ramp, incline | An inclined surface connecting two levels |
| screw | A simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole | |
| wedge | Something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them | |
| Broader | machine, simple machine | A device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point |
| Spanish | plano inclinado | |
| Catalan | pla inclinat | |
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