Tam Potato

What is Tam Potato?

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(Engineering) An undefined blob resembling a potato, drawn in a free-body diagram to represent a body with some known and some unknown quantities. This is especially prevalent in TAM (Theoretical and Applied Mechanics) courses.

I didn't even bother drawing a car for problem #6 last night -- I just drew a TAM potato on wheels!
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