Pulley

Language: English
Pronunciation: pul-ley
Part of Speech: noun

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One of the simple machines; a sheave, a wheel with a grooved rim, in which a pulled rope or chain lifts an object (more useful when two or more pulleys are used together, as in a block and tackle arrangement, such that a small force moving through a greater distance can exert a larger force through a smaller distance).

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"a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope"

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