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Definition of Inclined plane

1. Noun. A simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal.

Definition of Inclined plane

1. Noun. 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. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Inclined Plane

Literary usage of Inclined plane

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Greek Mathematics by Thomas Little Heath (1921)
"The inclined -plane. Prop. 8 is on the construction of a plane at a given inclination to another plane parallel to the horizon, and with this Pappus leaves ..."

2. An Introduction to Natural Philosophy: Designed as a Text-book, for the Use by Denison Olmsted (1854)
"The inclined plane becomes a mechanical power in'consequence of its supporting a ... The simplest example we have of the application of the inclined plane, ..."

3. The Library of American Biography by Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress), Jared Sparks (1838)
"His Plan of an inclined plane. — Work on Inland Navigation. — His Torpedo. — His Removal to France, and Residence there. THE residence of Fulton in ..."

4. A History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860 by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips (1908)
"A more precise description of the inclined plane, after its equipment had ... There is an inclined plane of 3800 feet in length, and a descent of 180 feet. ..."

5. Elements of Physics, Or, Natural Philosophy, General and Medical: Explained by Neil Arnott (1831)
"If made to descend on an inclined plane, it moves just as much less quickly ... And the laws of the inclined plane itself are mathematically examined by the ..."

6. Analytical Mechanics for Engineers by Fred B. Seely, Newton Edward Ensign (1921)
"The inclined plane.—Applications of the inclined plane are found in various machines such as the jack-screw, the screw type of testing machine, wedges, etc. ..."

7. Mechanics by Henry Kater, Dionysius Lardner (1830)
"ON THE inclined plane, WEDGE, AND SCREW. (286.) THE inclined plane is the most simple of all achines. It is a hard plane surface forming some gle with a ..."

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