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wheel and axle
noun
- a simple machine consisting, in its typical form, of a cylindrical drum to which a wheel concentric with the drum is firmly fastened: ropes are so applied that as one unwinds from the wheel, another rope is wound on to the drum.
wheel and axle
noun
- a simple machine for raising weights in which a rope unwinding from a wheel is wound onto a cylindrical drum or shaft coaxial with or joined to the wheel to provide mechanical advantage
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wheel and axle1
First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences
The sensitivity of the wheel-and-axle system to all these factors meant that it could not have been developed in phases, he said.
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