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machines vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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Force | Exerting pressure or influence over object or substance. |
Friction | The act of surface or an object rubbing against each other. |
Fulcrum | the support on which a lever turns or is helped in moving or lifting something. |
Inclined plane | A plank or plane surface put bat an angle to a horizontal surface. |
Lever | A bar which rest on a fulcrum. |
Load | Amount of work a machine is expected to perform . |
Machine | Any device that a applies or change the direction of the power force, or motion. |
Axle | Bar on which a wheel turns. |
Power | Strength or force that can be exerted on other bodies. |
Pull | To move, usually with force or effort. |
Pulley | A wheel that has a groove in the rim where a rope can run and change the direction of the pull. |
Push | To move something away by pressing against it. |
Screw | Cylinder with a ridge winding around it. it |