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mechanical advantage

the ratio of the output force of a device that performs useful work to the input force: used in rating the performance of a machine

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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