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machine key terms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Friction | |
| Gear | Motion is usually circular and continuous, have advantage over pulleys which is they cannot slip |
| Hydraulics | The study and technology of the actions and reactions of liquids at rest and in motion |
| Inclined Plane | A ramp that allows lifting of heavy loads |
| Lever | Has a fulcrum, effort, and resistance |
| Linkage | A system of levers used to transmit motion |
| Machine | A device that does some kind of work by changing or transmitting energy |
| Mechanical Advantage | When a small effort is applied to a lever to move a large resistance |
| Mechanism | A way of changing one kind of effort into another kind of effort into another kind of effort |
| Moment | A turning force when the lever goes in a clockwise direction |
| Pneumatics | The study and technology of the characteristics of gases |
| Power | The rate at which work is done or the rate at which energy is converted from one form to another or transferred from one place to another |
| Pressure | The effort applied to a given area |
| Pulley | A simple machine made of a wheel and axle with a groove for a rope, chain, or belt |
| Screw | An inclined plane wrapped in the form of a cylinder |
| Torque | Acts at a distance from the center of rotation |
| Wedge | Two inclined planes back to back |
| Wheel and Axle | A simple machine that consists of a large diameter disk or wheel that is attached rigidly to a smaller diameter bar (axle) |
| Work | The amount of work is approximately equal to the amount of energy changed |
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