endless screw in English

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      "form": "endless screws",
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        "A part of an arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread engages with a wheel with skew teeth."
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          "word": "endless belt"
        },
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          "word": "endless chain"
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        },
        {
          "word": "worm screw"
        }
      ]
    }
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  "word": "endless screw"
}

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      "form": "endless screws",
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        "plural"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "word": "endless belt"
    },
    {
      "word": "endless chain"
    },
    {
      "word": "worm drive"
    },
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      "word": "worm screw"
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      "glosses": [
        "A part of an arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread engages with a wheel with skew teeth."
      ],
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          "arrangement"
        ],
        [
          "motion",
          "motion"
        ],
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        ],
        [
          "thread",
          "thread"
        ],
        [
          "wheel",
          "wheel"
        ],
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          "skew",
          "skew"
        ],
        [
          "teeth",
          "tooth"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "endless screw"
}

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"endless screw" meaning in English

Noun

Inflected forms