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inclined plane

inclined plane noun: 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.

Noun

inclined plane (plural 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.1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Fordell Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 188

inclined plane meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam

inclined plane in Hindi

simple machine
आनत समतल ānat samtal

inclined plane in Tamil

simple machine
சாய்தளம் cāytaḷam

inclined plane in Bengali

simple machine
আনত তল anot tol

inclined plane in Malayalam

simple machine
ചരിവുതലം carivutalaṁ
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inclined plane in Kannada
ಅಧಿಪಾತಸಮತಲ
inclined plane in Tagalog
dahilig
inclined plane in Arabic
المُسْتَوِي المائِل al-mustawī l-māʔil
inclined plane in Malay
satah condong
inclined plane in Indonesian
bidang miring
inclined plane in Vietnamese
mặt phẳng nghiêng

Forms of inclined plane

pluralinclined planes

Questions about inclined plane

What does inclined plane mean?
Inclined plane means 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.
What is inclined plane in Hindi?
Inclined plane in Hindi is आनत समतल (ānat samtal). See Inclined plane meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is inclined plane?
Inclined plane is a noun.
What is the plural of inclined plane?
The plural of inclined plane is inclined planes.

Words near inclined plane in the dictionary

  1. inclined
  2. inclined elevator
  3. inclined elevators
  4. inclined lift
  5. inclined lifts
  6. inclined plane
  7. inclined planes
  8. inclinedly
  9. inclineman
  10. inclinemen
  11. incliner

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inclined plane (page history and authors); inclined plane (Kannada 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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