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endless screw

endless screw noun: a part of an arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread engages with a wheel with skew teeth.

Noun

endless screw (plural endless screws)

  1. A part of an arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread engages with a wheel with skew teeth.

Forms of endless screw

pluralendless screws

Questions about endless screw

What does endless screw mean?
Endless screw means a part of an arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread engages with a wheel with skew teeth.
What part of speech is endless screw?
Endless screw is a noun.
What is the plural of endless screw?
The plural of endless screw is endless screws.

Words near endless screw in the dictionary

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  2. endless runner
  3. endless runners
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