inclined plane

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inclined plane

noun inclined planes

  1. 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. On this railway there were three inclined planes of the self-acting type, the full wagons pulling up the empty.

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noun simple machine

Españolplano inclinado
中文斜面 xiémiàn
हिन्दीआनत समतल ānat samtal
Françaisplan incliné
Deutschschiefe Ebene
Românăplan înclinat
Русскийнаклонная плоскость naklonnaja ploskostʹ
Tiếng Việtmặt phẳng nghiêng
العربيةالمُسْتَوِي المائِل al-mustawī l-māʔil

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@misc{inclined_plane_2026,
  title = {inclined plane},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/inclined%20plane},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}