Rube Goldberg machine
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Rube Goldberg machine — A Rube Goldberg machine is a deliberately overengineered apparatus that performs a very simple task in a very indirect and convoluted fashion. Goldberg s drawings, for example, almost always included a live animal which was expected to perform… … Wikipedia
Rube Goldberg Machine Contest — is sponsored by the Theta Tau Educational Foundation with financial support from Dell Computer and other sponsors. Local contests are held at various universities throughout the country, and local winners are eligible to compete in the national… … Wikipedia
Rube Goldberg — Nombre Reuben Lucius Goldberg … Wikipedia Español
Rube Goldberg — (eigentlich Reuben Lucius Goldberg; * 4. Juli 1883 in San Francisco; † 7. Dezember 1970 in New York) war ein US amerikanischer Cartoonist sowie Mitbegründer und erster Präsident der National Cartoonists Society, der US amerikanischen Vereinigung… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Rube Goldberg — Rube Gold|berg [ ,rub gould,bɜrg ] adjective AMERICAN a Rube Goldberg machine or system appears funny because it provides an extremely complicated way of doing something simple … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Rube Goldberg — Infobox Person name = Rube Goldberg image size = 200 caption = birth date = July 4, 1883 birth place = death date = December 7, 1970 death place = other names = known for = occupation = Cartoonist nationality = AmericanReuben Garret Lucius… … Wikipedia
Machine de Rube Goldberg — Une machine de Rube Goldberg : serviette de table automatique Une machine de Rube Goldberg est une machine qui réalise une tâche simple d une manière délibérément complexe, le plus souvent à l aide d une réaction en chaine. Elle tire son nom … Wikipédia en Français
Rube Goldberg — adjective AmE a Rube Goldberg machine etc is very complicated and impractical, in an amusing way; heath robinson BrE … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
Rube Goldberg — en 1928. Reuben Lucius Goldberg, né le 4 juillet 1883 à San Francisco et mort le 7 décembre 1970 à New York, est un dessinateur juif américain, spécialisé dans le dessin de presse, politique comme d humour, et la bande dessinée. Il a également… … Wikipédia en Français
Rube Goldberg — ☆ Rube Goldberg [ro͞ob′ gōld′bərg ] adj. [after Rube (Reuben Lucius) Goldberg (1883 1970), U.S. cartoonist of comically involved contrivances] designating any very complicated invention, machine, scheme, etc. laboriously contrived to perform a… … English World dictionary
