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windmill
Mechanical equipment; General technical terms
A tower with a set of sails or wide blades at its top that are spun by the wind is called windmill.
hovercraft
Mechanical equipment; General technical terms
A kind of vehicle that creates a small cushion of air underneath it so it can move with less friction.
horsepower
Mechanical equipment; General technical terms
A unit used to measure the power of engines and motors. One horsepower is equal to the power needed to lift 550 pounds one foot in one second.
inclined plane
Mechanical equipment; General technical terms
A surface, such as a ramp, that is set at an angle so as to make it easy to slide or roll an object up or down.
hydraulic
Mechanical equipment; General technical terms
Relating to a machine that works by the pressure of water or another liquid, such as oil.
hydrofoil
Mechanical equipment; General technical terms
A boat that has a wing like structure on its bottom that pushes the boat partly out of the water.
Lenoir
Mechanical equipment; General technical terms
French inventor who designed and assembled the first practical internal-combustion engine in 1859 and died in 1900.
