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Atwood machine

Atwood machine noun: a device used to verify the mechanical laws of motion with constant acceleration, consisting of two objects of known masses connected by a string over a pulley.

Noun

Atwood machine (plural Atwood machines)

  1. A device used to verify the mechanical laws of motion with constant acceleration, consisting of two objects of known masses connected by a string over a pulley.

Atwood machine meaning in Tamil

Atwood machine in Tamil

அட்வுட் எந்திரம்

Forms of Atwood machine

pluralAtwood machines
alternative formAtwood's machine

Origin of Atwood machine

Invented in 1784 by the English mathematician George Atwood.

Questions about Atwood machine

What does Atwood machine mean?
Atwood machine means a device used to verify the mechanical laws of motion with constant acceleration, consisting of two objects of known masses connected by a string over a pulley.
What is Atwood machine in Tamil?
Atwood machine in Tamil is அட்வுட் எந்திரம். See Atwood machine meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Atwood machine?
Atwood machine is a noun.
What is the plural of Atwood machine?
The plural of Atwood machine is Atwood machines.

Words near Atwood machine in the dictionary

  1. atwiting
  2. atwitter
  3. atwix
  4. atwixt
  5. Atwood
  6. Atwood machine
  7. Atwood machines
  8. Atwood number
  9. Atwood numbers
  10. Atwood's Law
  11. Atwood's machine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Atwood machine (page history and authors); atwood machine (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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