"Archimedes' screw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Archimedes' screws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} Archimedes' screw (plural Archimedes' screws)
  1. (engineering) A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 B.C.E., which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields. Wikipedia link: Archimedes' screw Categories (topical): Engineering, Pumps Synonyms: Archimedean screw, Archimedes screw Translations (A screwlike device that raises water): تَابُوت رَفْع الْمِيَاه (tābūt rafʕ al-miyāh) (Arabic), vijzel (Dutch), Arkhimedeen ruuvi (Finnish), parafuso de Arquímedes [masculine] (Galician), archimedische Schraube [feminine] (German), arkhimédészi csavar (Hungarian), 나선 양수기 (naseon yangsugi) (Korean), Archimedes' skrue (Norwegian), śruba Archimedesa [feminine] (Polish), parafuso de Arquimedes [masculine] (Portuguese), șurubul lui Arhimede [neuter] (Romanian), Arşimet'in vidası (Turkish)

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