Mechanical advantage is a trade-off.
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Trade-off
Synonyms for "trade-off" (2 found)
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Noun(1 words)
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32 translations across 17 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 取舍 noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- 妥協 /妥协 noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- 折衷 noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Dutch
1 entries- compromis noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Finnish
3 entries- kompromissi noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- vaihtokauppa noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- valinta noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
French
1 entries- compromis noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
German
4 entries- Abwägung noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- Ausgleich noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- Kompromiss noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- Trade-off noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Greek
2 entries- αντιστάθμιση noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- αντιστάθμισμα noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Hungarian
1 entries- kompromisszum noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Icelandic
2 entries- fórnarkostir noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- fórnarskipti noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Japanese
2 entries- トレードオフ noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- 妥協 noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Macedonian
1 entries- компромис noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- avveining noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- balansegang noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Polish
1 entries- kompromis noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Portuguese
2 entries- contraparte noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- dilema noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Romanian
1 entries- compromis noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Russian
1 entries- компроми́сс noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- kompromis noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Spanish
3 entries- dilema noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- disyuntiva noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
- sacrificio noun (situation in which one thing must be decreased for another to be increased)
Sample sentences
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Policymakers face a trade-off between the high upfront cost of moving quickly toward net zero carbon targets, and the long-term damage to economic growth caused by climate change, if they delay action, say analysts.
Source: tatoeba (10461336)
In writing, there's often a trade-off between being concise and being complete.
Source: wiktionary
Individual episodes are still thrilling and often quite striking, give or take some pitch-black battle scenes. But the gradual ramping up of the plotting that has grown steadily in the past three seasons crossed some invisible Maginot line this year, where the formerly acceptable trade-offs of focus for fun are no longer quite so taken for granted.
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