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Definition of 'mechanical advantage'

1. (n.) mechanical advantage
the ratio of output force to the input force applied to a mechanism.

Etymology: (1890–95)

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1. (noun) mechanical advantage
the ratio of the force exerted by a machine to the force applied to it

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