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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ratio of the output force produced by a machine to the applied input force.
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- noun The
ratio of theoutput force produced by amachine (especially asimple machine ) to the appliedinput force.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it
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