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  2. Mechanical aptitude - Wikipedia

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    Mechanical aptitude tests are often coupled together with spatial relations tests. Mechanical aptitude is a complex function and is the sum of several different capacities, one of which is the ability to perceive spatial relations.

  3. Mechanical advantage device - Wikipedia

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    The run over the rise of this inclined plane is the mechanical advantage of a screw. [1] Pulleys ... This page was last edited on 16 March 2021, at 22:04 (UTC).

  4. Semi-automatic transmission - Wikipedia

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    Starting in the late 1990s, automotive manufacturers introduced what is now called an automated manual transmission (AMT), which is mechanically similar to, and has its roots in, earlier clutchless manual transmission systems. An AMT functions in the same way as older semi-automatic and clutchless manual transmissions, but with two exceptions ...

  5. Peristaltic pump - Wikipedia

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    For those mechanically inclined, this may be the constant strain operation. Spring-loaded rollers - As the name indicates, the rollers in this pump are mounted on a spring. This design is more elaborate than the fixed occlusion, but helps overcome the variations in the tube wall thickness over a broader range.

  6. Glossary of automotive terms - Wikipedia

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    Also gas pedal. A throttle in the form of a foot-operated pedal, or sometimes a hand-operated lever or paddle, by which the flow of fuel to the engine (and thereby the engine speed) is controlled, with depression of the pedal causing the vehicle to accelerate. admission stroke See induction stroke. aftermarket air brake 1. A type of brake in which the force that actuates the brake mechanism is ...

  7. Marine steam engine - Wikipedia

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    With an inclined or horizontal type, the cylinder and piston are positioned at an incline or horizontally. An inclined inverted cylinder is a cylinder operating at a downward incline. These terms are all generally used in conjunction with the engine types above. Thus, one may have a horizontal trunk engine, or an inclined compound engine, etc.

  8. Glossary of mechanical engineering - Wikipedia

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    An electric generator is mechanically identical to an electric motor, but operates in the reverse direction, converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. Electrical engineering – Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design and application of equipment, devices and systems which use electricity ...

  9. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Lockstitch

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    Without the information that the bobbin case is free from the machine but stationary while the bobbin is free spinning and the hook is spinning around this, a mechanically inclined reader will look at the illustration and say, WTF? --KP Botany 10:21, 21 March 2009 (UTC) Support. I am not familiar with the subject but the demonstration and the ...