"simple machine" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: simple machines [plural]
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  1. (physics, engineering) A device that only requires the application of a single force to work. Categories (topical): Engineering, Physics, Simple machines Translations (device): آلة بَسِيطة (alt: ʔāla(t) basīṭa) (Arabic), պարզ մեխանիզմ (parz mexanizm) (Armenian), máquina cenciella (Asturian), makina sinple (Basque), সরল যন্ত্র (śorol jontro) (Bengali), прост механизъм (prost mehanizǎm) [masculine] (Bulgarian), màquina simple (Catalan), 簡單機械 (Chinese Mandarin), 简单机械 (jiǎndān jīxiè) (Chinese Mandarin), jednoduchý stroj [masculine] (Czech), enkel maskine (Danish), eenvoudige machine (Dutch), simpla maŝino (Esperanto), alkeiskone (Finnish), yksinkertainen kone (Finnish), machine simple [feminine] (French), máquina simple [feminine] (Galician), einfache Maschine [feminine] (German), מכונה פשוטה (Hebrew), सरल यंत्र (saral yantra) (Hindi), egyszerű gép (Hungarian), grunnvél (Icelandic), simpla mashino (Ido), pesawat sederhana (Indonesian), macchina semplice [feminine] (Italian), 単純機械 (tanjunkikai) (Japanese), жай механизм (jai mexanizm) (Kazakh), 단순 기계 (dansun gigye) (Korean), vienkāršs mehānisms [masculine] (Latvian), проста машина (prosta mašina) [feminine] (Macedonian), ലഘുയന്ത്രം (laghuyantraṁ) (Malayalam), enkel maskin [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), máquina simples [feminine] (Portuguese), mașină simplă [feminine] (Romanian), простейший механизм (prostejšij mexanizm) [masculine] (Russian), jednostavni stroj [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), jednoduchý stroj [masculine] (Slovak), jednostavna mašina [feminine] (Slovene), máquina simple [feminine] (Spanish), enkel maskin (Swedish), payak na sigmo (Tagalog), எளிய இயந்திரம் (eḷiya iyantiram) (Tamil), సరళ యంత్రం (saraḷa yantraṁ) (Telugu), basit makine (Turkish), простий механізм (prostyj mexanizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian), máy cơ đơn giản (Vietnamese)
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  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine. Synonyms: simple machine Hyponyms: lever, pulley, screw, wedge, wheel and axle, inclined plane Related terms: :Category:Simple machines
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