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A
screw
is an externally threaded fastener. "Screw" or "screws" may also refer to:
Engineering and mathematics
Devices with a helical thread:
Screw (simple machine)
Screw thread
, screw thread principles and standards
Archimedes' screw
, a simple machine for transporting water to a higher elevation
Leadscrew
, a type of screw used to provide controlled and quantifiable movement in machine tools
Screw (motion)
, a description of spiral motion used in rigid body dynamics
Screw
propeller
Screw, some specific pair of vectors (e.g., force+moment or linear+angular velocity); see
Screw theory
Screw axis
, the axis of rotation in 3D geometry
People with the name
Homer Screws
(born 1966), American soccer defender
Kattie B. Screws
(born 1930), matriarch of the Jackson family of American singers
William W. Screws
(1839–1913), American politician in Alabama
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Screw (band)
, a Japanese rock band
"Screw" (song)
, a 2009 song by Japanese singer Kotoko
A Screw
, an EP by Swans
Chopped and screwed
music, a technique of remixing hip hop music by slowing the tempo
"(Let's Dance) The Screw", a 1963 song by
The Crystals
Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
Screw
(magazine)
, a pornographic tabloid published and edited by Al Goldstein
Screw
(TV series)
, a 2022 British prison-drama series from Channel 4.
Other
Screws v. United States
, 1945 US Supreme Court case
See also
Screwed (disambiguation)
Thumbscrew (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
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