ATWOOD'S MACHINE


Meaning of ATWOOD'S MACHINE in English

Physics.

a device consisting of two unequal masses connected by a string passed over a pulley, used to illustrate the laws of motion.

[ named after George Atwood (1746-1807), English mathematician who invented it ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .