Usually means: Increase force or distance efficiency.
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  1. mechanical advantage: Merriam-Webster
  2. mechanical advantage: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mechanical advantage: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mechanical advantage: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mechanical advantage: Vocabulary.com
  6. mechanical advantage: Wiktionary
  7. mechanical advantage: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. mechanical advantage: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. mechanical advantage: Dictionary.com
  10. Mechanical advantage: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. mechanical advantage: Rhymezone
  12. mechanical advantage: FreeDictionary.org
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  14. mechanical advantage: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mechanical advantage: Legal dictionary

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  1. mechanical advantage: Urban Dictionary

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  1. Mechanical Advantage: Bicycle Glossary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mechanical advantage)

noun:  (mechanical engineering) The ratio of the output force produced by a machine (especially a simple machine) to the applied input force.

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