"mechanical advantage" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1825, Maria Edgeworth, Richard Lovell Edgeworth, Works of Maria Edgeworth, Volume 1: Practical Education, Samuel H. Parker, page 304",
          "text": "[…]and it will always be found, that the mechanical advantage of the wedge may be ascertained by comparing its perpendicular elevation with its base.",
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          "ref": "1965, A. E. E. McKenzie, General Physics, Cambridge University Press, page 76",
          "text": "In the case of a lever with a mechanical advantage of 10 the effort has to move ten times as far as the load. This is the price which must always be paid for a mechanical advantage. Any machine which is designed to have a high mechanical advantage must also have a high velocity ratio. In fact, 'what is gained in force is lost in speed'.",
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          "ref": "2005, Robert Michael Boyce, Arnold Masterman, Plumbing: A Practical Guide for Level 2, Nelson Thornes, page 131",
          "text": "Mechanical advantage is a ratio of like quantities and therefore has no units.",
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        "The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force."
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        "(mechanical engineering) The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force."
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          "sense": "ratio of output force to input force",
          "word": "mekanika avantaĝo"
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          "word": "meĥanika avantaĝo"
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          "sense": "ratio of output force to input force",
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          "sense": "ratio of output force to input force",
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          "word": "guadagno meccanico"
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        "The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force."
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        "(mechanical engineering) The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force."
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      "word": "mekanika avantaĝo"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "ratio of output force to input force",
      "word": "meĥanika avantaĝo"
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