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inclined planes

inclined planes is the plural of inclined plane.

Meaning of inclined plane

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

Questions about inclined planes

What is inclined planes the plural of?
Inclined planes is the plural of inclined plane.

Words near inclined planes in the dictionary

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

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