pulley
US /ˈpʊli/
・UK /'pʊlɪ/
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n.NounDevice for heavy lifting with wheel drawn by chain
They used a pulley to raise the engine out of the car
n.NounA wheel with a grooved rim around which a cord passes, which acts to change the direction of a force used to lift a load.
The pulley system made lifting the heavy load much easier.
n.NounA mechanism incorporating a wheel on an axle or shaft that is designed to support movement and change of direction of a taut cable or belt along its circumference.
The elevator uses a complex pulley system for smooth vertical movement.
n.NounA wheel fixed to a rotating shaft and used to transmit power, especially by means of a belt.
Check the pulley on the engine to make sure it's properly aligned.
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How Do Bicycle Gears Actually WORK?
- The chainrings, including the front derailleur, the cassette, including the rear derailleur and pulley wheels, and the shifters.
The chainrings, including the front derailleur, the cassette, including the rear derailleur and pulley wheels, and the shifters.
- the cassette, including the rear derailleur and pulley wheels; and the shifters.
the cassette, including the rear derailleur and pulley wheels; and the shifters.
26 Fascinating Founding Fathers Facts - mental_floss - List Show (242)
- Like, for instance, he invented a mechanical arm to retrieve shelved books and a system where he could unlock his door from bed by activating a pulley.
Like, for instance, he invented a mechanical arm to retrieve shelved books and a system where he could unlock his door from bed by activating a pulley.
- and a system where he could unlock his door from bed by activating a pulley.
and a system where he could unlock his door from bed by activating a pulley.
Amsterdam
- With their cramped interiors and steep stairs, houses came with a pulley so goods could be hoisted up and down on the outside with a rope.
With their cramped interiors and steep stairs, houses came with a pulley so goods could be hoisted up and down on the outside with a rope.
- houses came with a pulley
houses came with a pulley
Newton's Laws: Crash Course Physics #5
- and its movement is controlled by a counterweight attached to a pulley.
and its movement is controlled by a counterweight attached to a pulley.
- by a counterweight, attached to a pulley.
by a counterweight, attached to a pulley.
INDIA IN 360 Virtual Reality | Royal Rajasthan Travel Video
- These oxen are using a pulley system to bring water up from the well, irrigate their crops, get their drinking water, and do their laundry.
These oxen are using a pulley system to bring water up from the well, irrigate their crops, get their drinking water, and do their laundry.
- These oxen are using a pulley system to bring water up from the well, irrigate their crops, get their drinking water,
These oxen are using a pulley system to bring water up from the well, irrigate their crops, get their drinking water,
The Colosseum: Rome’s Mind Control Machine
- There were more than 80 mechanical lifts that could be moved up and down through a pulley system attached to rotating capstans.
There were more than 80 mechanical lifts that could be moved up and down through a pulley system attached to rotating capstans.
- There were more than 80 mechanical lifts that could be moved up and down through a pulley system attached to rotating capstands.
There were more than 80 mechanical lifts that could be moved up and down through a pulley system attached to rotating capstands.
Polly: Nirvana's Darkest Song
- repeatedly raped her and tortured her with a blowtorch while she was suspended from a pulley.
repeatedly raped her and tortured her with a blowtorch while she was suspended from a pulley.
- and repeatedly raped her and tortured her with a blowtorch while she was suspended from a pulley.
and repeatedly raped her and tortured her with a blowtorch while she was suspended from a pulley.
Leonardo's Inventions - Of Facts and Fiction (Part 1)
- In addition, he invented machines that were put to use in the manufacturing of day-to-day items such as ropes and needles, as well as pulley systems for building sites and watering and well mechanisms.
In addition, he invented machines that were put to use in the manufacturing of day-to-day items such as ropes and needles, as well as pulley systems for building sites and watering and well mechanisms.
- as well as pulley systems for building sites and watering and well mechanisms.
as well as pulley systems for building sites and watering and well mechanisms.
Can environmental art save the planet? | RSA Journal Presents
- By transforming environmental data into sound and visual art, Pulley has made the intangible impacts of climate change something that can be felt, heard and seen.
By transforming environmental data into sound and visual art, Pulley has made the intangible impacts of climate change something that can be felt, heard and seen.
Why use many streetlights when one will do?
- Every night, a utility employee would go up through this elevator pulley system through the middle of the tower and go light these carbon arc lamps.
Every night, a utility employee would go up through this elevator pulley system through the middle of the tower and go light these carbon arc lamps.
- This pulley system, there's this little thing for the employee to stand in, and then you have workers on the ground who are hoisting him up, going up potentially 165 feet in the air.
This pulley system, there's this little thing for the employee to stand in, and then you have workers on the ground who are hoisting him up, going up potentially 165 feet in the air.