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mechanical advantages

mechanical advantages is the plural of mechanical advantage.

Meaning of mechanical advantage

Noun

mechanical advantage (countable and uncountable, plural mechanical advantages)

  1. The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force.
    • […]and it will always be found, that the mechanical advantage of the wedge may be ascertained by comparing its perpendicular elevation with its base.1825, Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Works of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1: Practical Education, Samuel H. Parker, page 304
    Synonyms:
    leverage

Questions about mechanical advantages

What is mechanical advantages the plural of?
Mechanical advantages is the plural of mechanical advantage.

Words near mechanical advantages in the dictionary

  1. mechanic's grips
  2. mechanic's lien
  3. mechanic's liens
  4. mechanical
  5. mechanical advantage
  6. mechanical advantages
  7. mechanical bank
  8. mechanical banks
  9. mechanical bull
  10. mechanical bulls
  11. mechanical digestion

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