screw thread
Americannoun
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Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
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a full turn of the helical ridge of a screw.
noun
Etymology
Origin of screw thread
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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A new study has revealed that London's Crystal Palace was built in just 190 days thanks to a now standard innovation - the screw thread.
From BBC • Sep. 17, 2024
The first commercial catalog for lab mice listed nearly a dozen separate stocks for cancer research, some of which would become as standard as a screw thread.
From Slate • Nov. 17, 2011
In 1861 the Franklin Institute got together a group of engineers who adopted the design of William Sellers as the standard U.S. screw thread.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Americans will sacrifice their cherished Sellers screw thread profile in favor of a slightly modified British Whitworth profile, and the British will give up their 55� angle of thread in favor of the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Malcolm picked out the largest, and then saw something about the screw thread.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
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