A screw is an externally helical threaded fastener capable of being tightened or released by a twisting force (torque) to the head. The most common uses...
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his stage name DJ Screw, was an American hip hop DJ based in Houston, Texas, and best known as the creator of the chopped and screwed DJ technique. He...
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The Archimedes' screw, also known as the Archimedean screw, hydrodynamic screw, water screw or Egyptian screw, is one of the earliest hydraulic machines...
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A screw thread is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. A screw thread is a ridge wrapped around a cylinder...
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Propeller (redirect from Screw propeller)
A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that...
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Look up screwed in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Screwed may refer to: Fastened with a screw Slang for having pressure or stress exerted as if having...
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Chopped and screwed (also called screwed and chopped or slowed and throwed) is a music genre and technique of remixing music that involves slowing down...
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A syndesmotic screw is a metal screw designed to replace the syndesmosis of the human body, usually temporarily. If the syndosmosis is torn apart as result...
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Edison screw (ES) is a standard lightbulb socket for electric light bulbs. It was developed by Thomas Edison (1847–1931), patented in 1881, and was licensed...
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Screw theory is the algebraic calculation of pairs of vectors, such as angular and linear velocity, or forces and moments, that arise in the kinematics...
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At a minimum, a screw drive is a set of shaped cavities and protrusions on the screw head that allows torque to be applied to it. Usually, it also involves...
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A rotary-screw compressor is a type of gas compressor, such as an air compressor, that uses a rotary-type positive-displacement mechanism. These compressors...
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Screw It! is the second album by the American band Danger Danger, released in 1991. "Monkey Business" peaked at No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart. The album...
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The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly (January 27 – April 16, 1898)...
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A screw cap or closure is a common type of closure for bottles, jars, and tubes. The first screw-on lid was patented in 1858 by John Landis Mason for a...
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A Screw is a single by the New York City experimental rock group Swans. The single's three songs were later appended as bonus tracks to the CD release...
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Screw is a pornographic online magazine published in the United States aimed at heterosexual men; it was originally published as a weekly tabloid newspaper...
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Screw piles, sometimes referred to as screw-piles, screw piers, screw anchors, screw foundations, ground screws, helical piles, helical piers, or helical...
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A screw turbine (also known as an Archimedean turbine, Archimedes screw generator or ASG, or Archimedes screw turbine or AST) is water turbine that converts...
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A screw extractor is a tool for removing broken or seized screws. There are two types: one has a spiral flute structure, commonly called an easy out after...
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A screw axis (helical axis or twist axis) is a line that is simultaneously the axis of rotation and the line along which translation of a body occurs...
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The Amazing Screw-On Head is a one-shot comic book written and drawn by Mike Mignola and published by Dark Horse Comics in 2002, starring the character...
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A screw steamer or screw steamship (abbreviated "SS") is an old term for a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine, using one or more propellers...
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The screw is a mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force. It is one of the six classical...
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Look up screw in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A screw is an externally threaded fastener. "Screw" or "screws" may also refer to: Devices with a helical...
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A Robertson screw, also known as a square screw or Scrulox, is a type of screw with a square-shaped socket in the screw head and a corresponding square...
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A screw picket is a metal device which is used to secure objects to the ground. Today, screw pickets are used widely to temporarily "picket" dogs. They...
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The ISO metric screw thread is the most commonly used type of general-purpose screw thread worldwide. They were one of the first international standards...
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Jackscrew (redirect from Screw jack)
A jackscrew, or screw jack, is a type of jack that is operated by turning a leadscrew. It is commonly used to lift moderate and heavy weights, such as...
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screw machine may refer to a: Screw machine (automatic lathe), a small- to medium-sized automatic lathe that is mechanically automated via cams Screw...
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