Usually means: Device that multiplies force, effort.
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We found 16 dictionaries that define the word simple machine:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. simple machine: Merriam-Webster
  2. simple machine: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. simple machine: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. simple machine: Collins English Dictionary
  5. simple machine: Vocabulary.com
  6. simple machine: Wiktionary
  7. simple machine: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. simple machine: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. simple machine: Dictionary.com
  10. Simple Machine, Simple machine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. simple machine: Rhymezone
  12. simple machine: FreeDictionary.org
  13. simple machine: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. simple machine: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. simple machine: Encyclopedia

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Simple Machine: Eric Weisstein's World of Physics

(Note: See simple_machines as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (simple machine)

noun:  (physics, engineering) A device that only requires the application of a single force to work.
noun:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see simple, machine.

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