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  2. Inclined plane - Wikipedia

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    However the inclined plane was the last of the six classic simple machines to be recognised as a machine. This is probably because it is a passive and motionless device (the load is the moving part), [ 21 ] and also because it is found in nature in the form of slopes and hills.

  3. Wedge - Wikipedia

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    A wedge is a triangular shaped tool, a portable inclined plane, and one of the six simple machines. It can be used to separate two objects or portions of an object, lift up an object, or hold an object in place. It functions by converting a force applied to its blunt end into forces perpendicular to its inclined

  4. Rhythmicon - Wikipedia

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    On May 15, 1932, a New Music Society concert in San Francisco [9] included – along with the premiere of Xanadu, a new work by Mildred Couper – a demonstration of Cowell's new instrument. According to some sources, the concert premiered Cowell's "Rhythmicana", in four movements with orchestra, and "Music for Violin and Rhythmicon".

  5. Glossary of music terminology - Wikipedia

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    Rhythm (e.g. ritmo di # battute meaning a rhythm of # measures) ritornello A recurring passage rolled chord See Arpeggio rondo A musical form in which a certain section returns repeatedly, interspersed with other sections: ABACA is a typical structure or ABACABA roulade (Fr.) A rolling (i.e. a florid vocal phrase) rubato

  6. Machine - Wikipedia

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    The hand axe is the first example of a wedge, the oldest of the six classic simple machines, from which most machines are based. The second oldest simple machine was the inclined plane (ramp), [6] which has been used since prehistoric times to move heavy objects. [7] [8] The other four simple machines were invented in the ancient Near East. [9]

  7. Ramp (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Car ramp, a simple method of raising a vehicle from the ground; Operation Ramp, an Australian Defence Force evacuation of civilians during the 2006 Lebanon War; Ramp or catwalk, used by models in a fashion show; see Runway (fashion) RAMP Simulation Software for Modelling Reliability, Availability and Maintainability

  8. Rhythm - Wikipedia

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    A composite rhythm is the durations and patterns (rhythm) produced by amalgamating all sounding parts of a musical texture. In music of the common practice period , the composite rhythm usually confirms the meter , often in metric or even-note patterns identical to the pulse on a specific metric level.

  9. Rhythmic mode - Wikipedia

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    Pérotin, "Alleluia nativitas", in the third rhythmic mode. In medieval music, the rhythmic modes were set patterns of long and short durations (or rhythms).The value of each note is not determined by the form of the written note (as is the case with more recent European musical notation), but rather by its position within a group of notes written as a single figure called a ligature, and by ...