inclined plane

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inclined plane (plural inclined planes)

  1. (mechanics) 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.
    • 1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Fordell Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 188:
      On this railway there were three inclined planes of the self-acting type, the full wagons pulling up the empty.

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