"differential screw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: differential screws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} differential screw (plural differential screws)
  1. (engineering) A mechanism that uses two screw threads to make small, precise adjustments to the spacing between two objects, as in focusing a microscope or moving the anvils of a micrometer. Wikipedia link: differential screw Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-differential_screw-en-noun-RUnaegCf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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