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limit screws

limit screws is the plural of limit screw.

Meaning of limit screw

Noun

limit screw (plural limit screws)

  1. A screw used to adjust some mechanical limit.
    1. A type of screw used in the derailleurs of a bicycle to set the maximum and minimum range of the derailleur's movement.
      • Shift the chain to the inner ring, and then tighten one of the limit screws. If turning that screw moves the front derailleur outward, then it is the low-gear limit screw.2024, Lennard Zinn, Zinn & the Art of Road Bike Maintenance, 6th edition, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 81

Questions about limit screws

What is limit screws the plural of?
Limit screws is the plural of limit screw.

Words near limit screws in the dictionary

  1. limit ordinals
  2. limit out
  3. limit point
  4. limit points
  5. limit screw
  6. limit screws
  7. limit situation
  8. limit situations
  9. limit superior
  10. limit switch
  11. limit switches

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