1) Simple machine
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/pulley
1) Block 2) Block & tackle wheel 3) Block and tackle part 4) Block and tackle piece 5) Dumbwaiter part 6) French word used in English 7) Kind of simple machine 8) Machine 9) Pulley-block 10) Simple machine 11) Weight machine feature
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/pulley
1) Fairlead 2) Hoist 3) Winch
Found on
https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/pulley
A pulley is a wheel on an axle that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a cable or belt along its circumference. Pulleys are used in a variety of ways to lift loads, apply forces, and to transmit power. In nautical contexts, the assembly of wheel, axle, and supporting shell is referred to as a `block.` A pulley is also cal.....
Found on
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulley
• (b. t.) To raise or lift by means of a pulley. • (v. t.) A wheel with a broad rim, or grooved rim, for transmitting power from, or imparting power to, the different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion, by means of a belt, cord, rope, or chain.
Found on
http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pulley/
in mechanics, a wheel that carries a flexible rope, cord, cable, chain, or belt on its rim. Pulleys are used singly or in combination to transmit ... [3 related articles]
Found on
http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/132
A type of simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in it around which a rope passes. Pulleys can make it possible for a person to lift several times their own weight. Bending down to lift an object from the floor is awkward and difficult if the object is heavy. It is much easier to lift th...
Found on
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/P/pulley.html
Pul'ley noun ;
plural Pulleys . [ French
poulie , perhaps of Teutonic origin (cf.
Poll ,
transitive verb ); but confer Middle English
poleine ,
polive , pulley, Late Latin
polanus , and French
poulain , properly, a colt...
Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/192
Pul'ley transitive verb To raise or lift by means of a pulley. [ R.]
Howell. Found on
http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/192
Type: Term Pronunciation: pul′ē See: trochlea
Found on
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictionary.php?t=73897
In engineering, a puley is a wheel for transmitting power from, or imparting it to, different parts of machinery, or for changing the direction of motion by means of a cord, belt or rope.
Found on
http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/GP.HTM
[
n] - 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
Found on
http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=pulley
one of the six simple machines - a wheel and axle combined with chains or rope
Found on
https://sciencetrek.org/sciencetrek/topics/simple_machines/glossary.cfm
See loftblock.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20411
A disc with a groove around its circumference to locate a rope or cable and is used to change the direction of a force and/or multiply the force. See also: Lever, Telodynamic Transmission.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20687
pulley-block noun 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
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974
Simple machine consisting of a fixed, grooved wheel, sometimes in a block, around which a rope or chain can be run. A simple pulley serves only to change the direction of the applied effort (as in a simple hoist for raising loads). The use of more than one pulley results in a mechanical advantage, so...
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21221
A device for transferring power when using Belts as Gearing. Changing to smaller or larger Pulleys changes the gear ratio, and can be used to make a shaft turn faster or slower than the shaft that is providing its power.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21463
Small wheels on rear deraillerus that allow the chain to move freely.
Found on
https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/22521
a wheel, with a grooved rim for carrying a line, that turns in a frame or block and serves to change the direction of or to transmit force, as when one end of the line is pulled to raise a weight at the other end: one of the simple machines. · a combination of such wheels in a block, or of such wheels or blocks in a tackle, to increase the ...
Found on
https://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/pulley
No exact match found.
