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Origin of simple machine First recorded in 1900–05
Words nearby simple machine simple-hearted ,
simple honors ,
simple interest ,
simple interval ,
simple joint ,
simple machine ,
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ,
simple majority ,
simple mastectomy ,
simple microscope ,
simpleminded
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How to use simple machine in a sentence Whether you want a small, simple machine for brewing your morning cup or the option to make something fancy, we’ve got a coffee maker for you.
They don’t speak at all, and move in rigid lock-step, making them seem much more like simple machine s lacking in experience than sentient agents.
The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
The billionaire philanthropist tastes the product of a machine that processes human sewage into drinking water and electricity.
They were the machine gun bullets coming from the ambush when my company got hit.
The reason pilots would choose to use guns over a bomb or a missile is simple.
Still, I worry that a simple traffic stop could have tragic consequences.
Smith's method usually gives good results, as does also the more simple method of Hiss (p. 263).
It was a mighty simple transaction, but it produced some startling results for me, that same coin-spinning.
The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
Let us look over these points again, and make the matter still clearer and more simple.
If I selected lucid and simple extracts, they would give no idea of the intricacy and prolixity of Duns.
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British Dictionary definitions for simple machine
noun
a simple device for altering the magnitude or direction of a force. The six basic types are the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, screw, wedge, and inclined plane
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Scientific definitions for simple machine
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