jackscrew
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of jackscrew
Example Sentences
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In this scenario, the air flow pushing downward against the elevator would have created an equal and opposite load on the jackscrew, a force tending to hold the stabilizer in its upward displacement.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2019
But in certain conditions, the elevator and stabilizer loads combine to present high forces on the jackscrew and make turning it manually very difficult.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2019
Last week investigators found a device known as a jackscrew in the wreckage, which suggests the Ethiopian flight might have had a problem with the automated system also suspected in the Lion Air crash.
From Washington Post • Mar. 18, 2019
Investigators found a device known as a jackscrew in the wreckage.
From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2019
He doesn't get a jackscrew and put under every hill of corn, and go around every morning and give the screw a turn and a twist and hoist the hill up in the air.
From Parent and Child Volume III., Child Study and Training by Hall, Mosiah
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