Found 2 hits - Term: inclined plane, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
inclined \inclined"\, p. p. a.
1. having a leaning or tendency towards, or away from, a
thing; disposed or moved by wish, desire, or judgment; as,
a man inclined to virtue. "each pensively inclined."
--cowper.
1913 webster
2. math. making an angle with some line or plane; -- said
of a line or plane.
1913 webster
3. bot. bent out of a perpendicular position, or into a
curve with the convex side uppermost.
1913 webster
inclined plane. mech.
a a plane that makes an oblique angle with the plane of
the horizon; a sloping plane. when used to produce
pressure, or as a means of moving bodies, it is one of
the mechanical powers, so called.
b railroad canal an inclined portion of track, on
which trains or boats are raised or lowered from one
level to another.
1913 webster
see also:
inclined plane
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
inclined plane
n : a simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane
surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal
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