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Archimedes' screws

Archimedes' screws is the plural of Archimedes' screw.

Meaning of Archimedes' screw

Noun

Archimedes' screw (plural Archimedes' screws)

  1. A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 B.C.E., which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.

Questions about Archimedes' screws

What is Archimedes' screws the plural of?
Archimedes' screws is the plural of Archimedes' screw.

Words near Archimedes' screws in the dictionary

  1. Archimedes screw
  2. Archimedes screws
  3. Archimedes' constant
  4. Archimedes' principle
  5. Archimedes' screw
  6. Archimedes' screws
  7. archimime
  8. archimimes
  9. archimollusc
  10. archimollusk
  11. archimperialist

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