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{
"word": "screw"
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{
"word": "wedge"
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"word": "motor pulley"
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{
"word": "mule pulley"
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{
"word": "pulley block"
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{
"word": "pulley shell"
},
{
"word": "rubbish pulley"
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{
"word": "speed pulley"
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"One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance)."
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"(engineering, countable) One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance)."
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "مَنْجُور"
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "ճախարակ"
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"code": "ca",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "滑車"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huáchē",
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"word": "滑车"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "滑輪"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "huálún",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "滑轮"
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{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kladka"
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{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "trisse"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "katrol"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "pulio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "väkipyörä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "pylpyrä"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "poulie"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trócola"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "cadeixo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "roudana"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "carradeixo"
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{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rinchadeira"
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"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "č̣oč̣onaki",
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"word": "ჭოჭონაქი"
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{
"code": "de",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Rolle"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
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"tags": [
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"code": "de",
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"word": "Flaschenzug"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
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"word": "Riemenscheibe"
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"code": "de",
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
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"code": "grc",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
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"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "galgelet",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "גלגלת"
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{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "csiga"
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"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "trissa"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "talía"
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "katrol"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ulóg"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "puilín"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "carrucola"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "puleggia"
},
{
"alt": "かっしゃ",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "kassha",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "滑車"
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{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "rɑɑk",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "រ៉ក"
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{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "doreurae",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "도르래"
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{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "trochlea"
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{
"code": "mk",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "tauru"
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"code": "mnw",
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"word": "ရံက်"
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{
"code": "pap",
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"word": "katròl"
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
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"code": "ro",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
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"masculine"
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"word": "scripete"
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"code": "ru",
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"code": "ru",
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"masculine"
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"word": "шкив"
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{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"tags": [
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"masculine"
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"word": "чекрк"
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{
"code": "sh",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
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"word": "garrucha"
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"code": "tl",
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"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "tangkalag"
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{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "kalo"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "kappī",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "కప్పీ"
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"code": "te",
"lang": "Telugu",
"roman": "gilaka",
"sense": "one of simple machines",
"word": "గిలక"
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"code": "th",
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"code": "vi",
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"word": "ròng rọc"
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{
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}
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