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A device that only requires the application of a single force to work.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: machine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mechanical device
Narrower terms: inclined plane, lever, pulley, pulley-block, pulley block, block, wheel
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
آلة بَسِيطة
— device
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Armenian:
պարզ մեխանիզմ
(parz mexanizm)
— device
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Asturian:
máquina cenciella
— device
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Basque:
makina sinple
— device
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Bengali:
সরল যন্ত্র
(śorol jontro)
— device
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Bulgarian:
прост механизъм
(prost mehanizǎm)
— device
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Catalan:
màquina simple
— device
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Chinese Mandarin:
簡單機械 /简单机械
(jiǎndān jīxiè)
— device
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Czech:
jednoduchý stroj
— device
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Danish:
enkel maskine
— device
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Dutch:
eenvoudige machine
— device
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Esperanto:
simpla maŝino
— device
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Finnish:
alkeiskone
— device
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Finnish:
yksinkertainen kone
— device
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French:
machine simple
— device
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Galician:
máquina simple
— device
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German:
einfache Maschine
— device
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Hebrew:
מכונה פשוטה
— device
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Hindi:
सरल यंत्र
(saral yantra)
— device
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Hungarian:
egyszerű gép
— device
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Icelandic:
grunnvél
— device
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Ido:
simpla mashino
— device
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Indonesian:
pesawat sederhana
— device
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Italian:
macchina semplice
— device
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Japanese:
単純機械
(tanjunkikai)
— device
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Kazakh:
жай механизм
(jai mexanizm)
— device
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Korean:
단순 기계
(dansun gigye)
— device
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Latvian:
vienkāršs mehānisms
— device
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Macedonian:
проста машина
(prosta mašina)
— device
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Malayalam:
ലഘുയന്ത്രം
(laghuyantraṁ)
— device
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Norwegian Bokmål:
enkel maskin
— device
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Portuguese:
máquina simples
— device
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Romanian:
mașină simplă
— device
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Russian:
простейший механизм
(prostejšij mexanizm)
— device
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Serbo-Croatian:
jednostavni stroj
— device
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Slovak:
jednoduchý stroj
— device
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Slovene:
jednostavna mašina
— device
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Spanish:
máquina simple
— device
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Swedish:
enkel maskin
— device
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Tagalog:
payak na sigmo
— device
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Tamil:
எளிய இயந்திரம்
(eḷiya iyantiram)
— device
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Telugu:
సరళ యంత్రం
(saraḷa yantraṁ)
— device
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Turkish:
basit makine
— device
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Ukrainian:
простий механізм
(prostyj mexanizm)
— device
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Vietnamese:
máy cơ đơn giản
— device
