Usually means: Multiple levers increasing force together.
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  1. compound lever: Merriam-Webster
  2. compound lever: Vocabulary.com
  3. compound lever: Wordnik
  4. Compound lever, compound lever: Dictionary.com
  5. Compound lever: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. compound lever: Rhymezone
  7. compound lever: FreeDictionary.org
  8. compound lever: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. compound lever: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. compound lever, Compound lever: Encyclopedia

(Note: See compound_levers as well.)

Definitions from Wikipedia (Compound lever)

noun:  The compound lever is a simple machine operating on the premise that the resistance from one lever in a system of levers acts as effort for the next, and thus the applied force is transferred from one lever to the next.


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