lead screw
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Its lead screw, liberated from the child’s spinning top that inspired its designer, still works, sending the basket merrily whirring in its plastic bowl.
From Slate ● Jun. 20, 2022
WHY: The incline lead screw can shear off, causing the foot pedals to drop unexpectedly, resulting in a fall hazard to the user.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2018
By turning a lead screw end for end, therefore, to equalize the wear, the middle of the length of the screw will become the least worn, and, therefore, the most true.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
For fractional threads, however, instead of using the pitch of the lead screw for the numerator, we must reduce it to terms of the fraction it is required to cut.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
It has also a feed rod for the ordinary tool feeding and a lead screw for screw-cutting purposes.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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