"set screw" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: set screws [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} set screw (plural set screws)
  1. A screw with threads along the entire length and no head. Typically, set screws have a hex or slot drive recessed in the threaded length; a grub screw or worm 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-UOhEKznR 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: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 37 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of 'screw with threads along the entire length and no head': 64 6 31
  2. Any screw used to hold or adjust a setting: frequently a set screw (sense 1), but may also be any other machine screw or thumb screw used for the purpose of setting. Synonyms: setscrew 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)
    Sense id: en-set_screw-en-noun-6zKhzLDk 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: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 37 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 31 36 33 Disambiguation of 'screw used to adjust a setting': 7 86 7 Disambiguation of 'screw used to fix or hold a position': 7 85 8
  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-6CEzDM8x 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: 33 33 34 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 33 36 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 37 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 36 32 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 35 30 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 33 37 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 31 36 33

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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