"inclined plane" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: inclined planes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} inclined plane (plural inclined planes)
  1. (mechanics) 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. Wikipedia link: inclined plane Categories (topical): Mechanics, Simple machines Hyponyms: ramp Meronyms: screw Translations (simple machine): المُسْتَوِي المائِل (al-mustawī l-māʔil) (Arabic), আনত তল (anot tol) (Bengali), pla inclinat [masculine] (Catalan), 斜面 (xiémiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), nakloněná rovina [feminine] (Czech), hellend vlak [neuter] (Dutch), kalteva taso (Finnish), plan incliné [masculine] (French), schiefe Ebene [feminine] (German), आनत समतल (ānat samtal) (Hindi), lejtő (Hungarian), bidang miring (Indonesian), satah condong (Malay), ചരിവുതലം (carivutalaṁ) (Malayalam), पाःलूगु समथर (pā:lūgu samathara) (Newar), równia pochyła [feminine] (Polish), plan înclinat (Romanian), наклонная плоскость (naklonnaja ploskostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), plano inclinado [masculine] (Spanish), dahilig (Tagalog), சாய்தளம் (cāytaḷam) (Tamil), mặt phẳng nghiêng (Vietnamese)

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      "sense": "simple machine",
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      "roman": "ānat samtal",
      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "आनत समतल"
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      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "lejtő"
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "bidang miring"
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      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "satah condong"
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    {
      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "ചരിവുതലം"
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      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "पाःलूगु समथर"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "simple machine",
      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "plan înclinat"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naklonnaja ploskostʹ",
      "sense": "simple machine",
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      "word": "наклонная плоскость"
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      "sense": "simple machine",
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      "word": "plano inclinado"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "dahilig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cāytaḷam",
      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "சாய்தளம்"
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      "sense": "simple machine",
      "word": "mặt phẳng nghiêng"
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