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Archimedes screw

Archimedes screw is the alternative form 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.

Forms of Archimedes screw

pluralArchimedes screws

Questions about Archimedes screw

What is Archimedes screw the alternative form of?
Archimedes screw is the alternative form of Archimedes' screw.

Words near Archimedes screw in the dictionary

  1. Archimedean spirals
  2. Archimedeans
  3. Archimedes
  4. Archimedes number
  5. Archimedes numbers
  6. Archimedes screw
  7. Archimedes screws
  8. Archimedes' constant
  9. Archimedes' principle
  10. Archimedes' screw
  11. Archimedes' screws

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