wheel and axle
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.
Origin of wheel and axle
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How to use wheel and axle in a sentence
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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British Dictionary definitions for wheel and axle
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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