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Wheel and axle Moderate

Wheel and axle has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

hoist so arranged that a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with the wheel

2

A simple machine consisting of a wheel (or similar lever) that turns an axle around which a cord is wound; its mechanical advantage is the ratio of the diameters of the wheel and axle.

See Also
turn lever mechanical advantage ratio wound cord diameter simple machine
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
hoist
Rhyming Words
axle raxle wrixle triaxle back axle cacomixle transaxle rear axle live axle hind axle dead axle cross axle muley axle blind axle driving axle leading axle trailing axle
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