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===Etymology===
{{root|en|ine-pro|*pleh₁-}}
From {{bor|en|la|polyspaston|t=hoisting-tackle with many pulleys}}, from {{der|en|grc|πολύσπαστον|t=compound pulley}}.
 
===Noun===
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# A [[machine]] [[consist]]ing of many pulleys
#: {{syn|en|block and tackle|muffle|[[hoist]]ing-[[tackle]]}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1849||author=Adalbert|title=Travels of His Royal Highness Prince Adalbert of Prussia|page=275|lang=en|passage=The Bishop of Chrysopolis, his Majesty's former tutor, consecrated the foundation-stone, which was suspended from two elegant '''polyspasts'''; the Emperor himself laid it.}}
# {{lb|en|surgical}} A machine of many [[pulley]]s, [[formerly]] used to reduce [[dislocation]]
# {{lb|en|mechanics}} A [[windlass]] with many [[pulley|pulleys]] and [[truckle]]s
 
====Translations====
{{trans-topsee|machine consisting of many pulleys|block and tackle}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|väkipyörästö}}
* French: {{t+|fr|polyspaste|m}}, {{t+|fr|moufle|f}}
* German: {{t+|de|Flaschenzug|m}}, {{t|de|Zugwerk|n}}
* Italian: {{t|it|polispasto|m}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|полиспа́ст}}
* Spanish: {{t|es|polispasto|m}}, {{t+|es|mufla|f}}
* Turkish:
*: Ottoman: {{t|ota|پلانقه|tr=palanka}}
*: Modern: {{t+|tr|palanga}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|поліспа́ст}}
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====References====
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* {{anagrams|en|a=aloppssty|playspots}}
 
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