HyperDic: mechanical_advantage

English > 1 sense of the expression *mechanical advantage*:
NOUN	relation	mechanical advantage	the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it

English > *mechanical advantage*: 1 sense > noun 1, relation
Meaning	The ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it.
Broader	ratio	The relative magnitudes of two quantities (usually expressed as a quotient)
Catalan	avantatge mecànic