INCLINED PLANE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A simple machine for elevating objects; consists of plane surface that makes an acute angle with the horizontal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("inclined plane" is a kind of...):

machine; simple machine (a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "inclined plane"):

incline; ramp (an inclined surface connecting two levels)

screw (a simple machine of the inclined-plane type consisting of a spirally threaded cylindrical rod that engages with a similarly threaded hole)

wedge (something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them)