wheel and axle

English

Noun

wheel and axle

1. A simple machine consisting of a wheel (or similar lever) that turns an axle around which a cord is wound; its mechanical advantage is the ratio of the diameters of the wheel and axle.

Translations

simple machine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輪軸／轮轴 (zh) (lúnzhóu), 轮轴 (zh) (lúnzhóu)

• Czech: kolo na hřídeli n
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• Finnish: pyörä ja akseli
• Japanese: 輪軸 (rinjiku)
• Spanish: torno (es) m