"set screw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: set screws [plural], setscrew [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} set screw (plural set screws)
  1. Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting, via fixation in a certain location or position: frequently a headless one, but may also be any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting.
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  2. Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting, via fixation in a certain location or position: frequently a headless one, but may also be any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting.
    A headless screw with threads along the entire length. Typically, such screws have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length.
    Synonyms: grub screw Translations (screw with threads along the entire length and no head): vis sans tête [feminine] (French), Gewindestift [masculine] (German), Madenschraube [feminine] (German), Wurmschraube [Austria, feminine] (German), scriú suite [masculine] (Irish), bís shuite [feminine] (Irish)
    Sense id: en-set_screw-en-noun-en:any_screw_used_to_hold_or_adjust_a_setting1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 39 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 38 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 35 35 30 Disambiguation of 'screw with threads along the entire length and no head': 7 61 32
  3. (New Zealand) A screw with a head, usually hexagonal, like a bolt but without a shank to allow it to screw into material rather than take a nut; a tap bolt. Tags: New-Zealand
    Sense id: en-set_screw-en-noun-en:tap_bolt__in_NZ_dialect_ Categories (other): New Zealand English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 37 25 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 37 26 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 39 39 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 38 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 35 35 29 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 35 35 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (screw used to adjust a setting): vis de réglage [feminine] (French) Translations (screw used to fix or hold a position): vis de blocage [feminine] (French)
Disambiguation of 'screw used to adjust a setting': 48 48 4 Disambiguation of 'screw used to fix or hold a position': 48 48 5

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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