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
Hence it is better to use one end of the lead screw for general work, and to reverse it and use the other end only for screws requiring to be of very correct pitch.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Suppose now that the pitch of the lead screw is 4 per inch and we want to cut 11⁄2 per inch.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Of these, b and c are simply intermediate wheels, the respective diameters of which have no effect upon the revolutions of the lead screw, except that they convey the motion to d.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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