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double-threaded

double-threaded adjective: consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.

Adjective

double-threaded (not comparable)

  1. Consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
    • double-threaded worm
  2. Having two screw threads instead of one; said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads.
    • A multiple-threaded product is one having two or more threads cut beside each other (imagine two or more strings wound side by side around a pencil). Standardized products such as screws, bolts, and nuts all have single threads; a double-threaded screw has a lead equal to twice the pitch, a...2021, Richard G. Budynas and J. Keith Nisbett, “Screws, Fasteners, and the Design of Nonpermanent Joints”, in Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design, eleventh edition in SI units, page 423

Questions about double-threaded

What does double-threaded mean?
Double-threaded means consisting of two threads twisted together; using two threads.
What part of speech is double-threaded?
Double-threaded is an adjective.

Words near double-threaded in the dictionary

  1. double-teams
  2. double-text
  3. double-texted
  4. double-texting
  5. double-texts
  6. double-threaded
  7. double-time
  8. double-timed
  9. double-times
  10. double-timing
  11. double-tongue

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