Meanings
nouninclined plane (plural inclined planes)
plural inclined planes
- engineeringOne of the simple machines; a sloping surface such as a ramp such that an object can be raised with less effort than being lifted vertically.
On this railway there were three inclined planes of the self-acting type, the full wagons pulling up the empty.
1947 May and June, “Notes and News: The Fordell Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 188
Translations
Arabic المُسْتَوِي المائِل
- المُسْتَوِي المائِل (al-mustawī l-māʔil)simple machine
Bengali আনত তল
- আনত তল (anot tol)simple machine
Catalan pla inclinat
- pla inclinatsimple machine
Chinese Mandarin 斜面
- 斜面 (xiémiàn)simple machine
Czech nakloněná rovina
- nakloněná rovinasimple machine
Dutch hellend vlak
- hellend vlaksimple machine
Finnish kalteva taso
- kalteva tasosimple machine
French plan incliné
- plan inclinésimple machine
German schiefe Ebene
- schiefe Ebenesimple machine
Hindi आनत समतल
- आनत समतल (ānat samtal)simple machine
Hungarian lejtő
- lejtősimple machine
Indonesian bidang miring
- bidang miringsimple machine
Malay satah condong
- satah condongsimple machine
Polish równia pochyła
- równia pochyłasimple machine
Romanian plan înclinat
- plan înclinatsimple machine
Russian наклонная плоскость
- наклонная плоскость (naklonnaja ploskostʹ)simple machine
Spanish plano inclinado
- plano inclinadosimple machine
Tagalog dahilig
- dahiligsimple machine
Tamil சாய்தளம்
- சாய்தளம் (cāytaḷam)simple machine
Vietnamese mặt phẳng nghiêng
- mặt phẳng nghiêngsimple machine
Cite this entry
APA
inclined plane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inclined%20plane
MLA
“inclined plane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inclined%20plane. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inclined plane,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inclined%20plane.
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