simple machine

noun

, Mechanics.

1. machine ( def 3b ).

simple machine

noun

1. a simple device for altering the magnitude or direction of a force. The six basic types are the lever, wheel and axle, pulley, screw, wedge, and inclined plane

simple machine

1. See under machine

Word History and Origins

Origin of simple machine¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

First, the messages that she worked on came from a relatively simple machine.

From Scientific American

The researchers said that their method had succeeded by following a relatively simple machine learning approach.

From Science Daily

These simple machines allow you to make precision bends so the aluminum conforms to the shape of the fascia boards.

From Seattle Times

There, safe from the sunlight of commercial success, Jacobs is famous for inventing simple machines and digital tricks to squeeze depth out of flat pictures, with abstract, often disorienting results.

From New York Times

Microphones in the robot’s ears allow it to triangulate sound and turn to nearby noise while cameras in its eyeballs run a simple machine vision program to track hands and faces.

From The Verge