"screw thread" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: screw threads [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} screw thread (plural screw threads)
  1. (engineering) A helical ridge formed around a cylinder, or a helical groove formed around the inner wall of a bore, used mostly on fasteners and their connection points. Wikipedia link: screw thread Categories (topical): Engineering Related terms: die, tap Translations (helical ridge or groove): резба́ (rezbá) [feminine] (Bulgarian), solc [masculine] (Catalan), 螺牙 (luóyá) (Chinese Mandarin), závit [masculine] (Czech), schroefdraad [masculine] (Dutch), draad [masculine] (Dutch), ŝraŭbkanelo (Esperanto), kierre (Finnish), filetage [masculine] (French), filet [masculine] (French), rosca [feminine] (Galician), Gewinde [neuter] (German), Gewindegang [masculine] (German), σπείρωμα (speíroma) [neuter] (Greek), πάσο (páso) [neuter] (Greek), menet (Hungarian), csavarmenet (Hungarian), drat (Indonesian), filetto [masculine] (Italian), на́вој (návoj) [masculine] (Macedonian), ngauwiri (Maori), gjenge [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), gjenge [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), رزوه (rezve) (Persian), gwint [masculine] (Polish), rosca [feminine] (Portuguese), filet [neuter] (Romanian), резьба́ (rezʹbá) [feminine] (Russian), наре́зка (narézka) [feminine] (Russian), rosca [feminine] (Spanish), filete [masculine] (Spanish), gänga [common-gender] (Swedish), roskas (Tagalog), різьба́ (rizʹbá) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-screw_thread-en-noun-zbjunG-j Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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