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Pulley
Pulley noun - A simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope.
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Half-Life 2, which might be the Trope Codifier, contains heaps of physics puzzles, from piling cinder blocks on see-saws to placing buoyant barrels under an aquatic ramp to removing cinder blocks from a pulley system, right down to a carelessly dropped can in the opening.
Source: Wreaking Havok
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