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  • Thumbnail for Screw thread
    A screw thread is a helical structure used to convert between rotational and linear movement or force. A screw thread is a ridge wrapped around a cylinder...
    48 KB (6,438 words) - 23:49, 11 October 2024
  • minimum, a screw drive is a set of shaped cavities and protrusions on the screw head that allows torque to be applied to it. Usually, it also involves...
    98 KB (10,193 words) - 13:21, 30 October 2024
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    Screwdriver (redirect from Screw driver)
    powered, used for turning screws. A typical simple screwdriver has a handle and a shaft, ending in a tip the user puts into the screw head before turning the...
    30 KB (3,643 words) - 03:08, 16 November 2024
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    A ball screw (or ballscrew) is a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction. A threaded shaft...
    14 KB (2,319 words) - 09:40, 30 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Turn of the Screw
    The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly from January 27 to April...
    50 KB (5,760 words) - 02:00, 19 November 2024
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    Propeller (redirect from Screw propeller)
    A propeller (colloquially often called a screw if on a ship or an airscrew if on an aircraft) is a device with a rotating hub and radiating blades that...
    42 KB (5,340 words) - 01:09, 8 September 2024
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    The screw is a mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force. It is one of the six classical...
    32 KB (4,016 words) - 12:41, 14 August 2024
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    A micrometer, sometimes known as a micrometer screw gauge, is a device incorporating a calibrated screw widely used for accurate measurement of components...
    34 KB (4,251 words) - 06:05, 23 October 2024
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    Al Goldstein (section Screw)
    investing $175 each (equivalent to $1,530 today), founded Screw, a weekly New York City tabloid. It featured reviews of porn movies, peep shows, erotic massage...
    34 KB (3,744 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for Egyptian Ratscrew
    if legal, those who contested must give their top card to the slapped player; if illegal, the contested player gives a card to each challenger. This rule...
    11 KB (1,623 words) - 17:46, 10 October 2024
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    corporations. For example, when specifying a screw, it is easier to refer to "HSC0424PP" than saying "Hardware, screw, machine, 4-40, 3/4" long, pan head, Phillips"...
    15 KB (2,168 words) - 12:21, 26 June 2024
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    millimetres (5.9 in) or more), it is merely an academic point whether it is called "screw machine work" or just "automatic work". Screw machines, being the class...
    28 KB (3,903 words) - 07:44, 21 January 2024
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    Steam frigate (redirect from Screw corvette)
    Steam frigates (including screw frigates) and the smaller steam corvettes, steam sloops, steam gunboats and steam schooners, were steam-powered warships...
    23 KB (3,274 words) - 09:18, 11 June 2024
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    Extrusion (redirect from Screw extruder)
    making it bendable. It then gets pushed through the mold, which gives it its final shape. The extruder consists of two main parts: a screw that moves...
    37 KB (4,677 words) - 11:05, 25 July 2024
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    two lugs on either side, giving the impression of a dog's head and aiding spike removal. A chair screw (also known as coach screw ) is a large (~6 in or...
    22 KB (2,647 words) - 06:00, 14 August 2024
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    principle. He is also credited with designing innovative machines, such as his screw pump, compound pulleys, and defensive war machines to protect his native...
    88 KB (9,821 words) - 16:56, 20 November 2024
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    now-infamous statement "Vince McMahon didn't screw Bret Hart. I truly believe that Bret Hart... screwed Bret Hart." Michaels continued his mocking of...
    81 KB (10,744 words) - 23:21, 16 October 2024
  • The Screwed Up Click (or S.U.C.) is an American hip hop collective based in Houston, Texas, that was led by DJ Screw. Its most notable members include...
    44 KB (4,854 words) - 22:35, 16 November 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Turn of the Screw (opera)
    libretto by Myfanwy Piper, based on the 1898 novella The Turn of the Screw by Henry James. It concerns a young, inexperienced governess sent to a country house...
    28 KB (3,007 words) - 14:42, 22 October 2024
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    prefix designations of "PS" for paddle steamer or "SS" for screw steamer (using a propeller or screw). As paddle steamers became less common, "SS" is incorrectly...
    47 KB (5,783 words) - 03:17, 29 October 2024
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