screw thread
Also called worm. the helical ridge of a screw.
a full turn of the helical ridge of a screw.
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How to use screw thread in a sentence
The gun, therefore, has formed in its bore a very slow screw-thread called "rifling," from a French word meaning a screw.
The Romance of War Inventions | Thomas W. CorbinThe two heads are four inches in length, one inch of which is provided with a screw thread.
The fracture usually took place just at the point where the screw-thread terminated.
On probes for wrapping round with wool we frequently raise a screw thread to enable the wool to adhere better.
Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times | John Stewart MilneRound the neck of the cistern is formed a brass ring, with a screw thread on its circumference.
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments | Henry Negretti
British Dictionary definitions for screw thread
the helical ridge on a screw formed by a die or lathe tool
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