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Inclined plane

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Noun
  1. 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."

  2. 2
    a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal wordnet

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