screw thrust
1Thrust — Thrust, n. 1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; a word much used as a term of fencing. [1913 Webster] [Polites] Pyrrhus with his… …
2Thrust bearing — Thrust Thrust, n. 1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; a word much used as a term of fencing. [1913 Webster] [Polites] Pyrrhus with… …
3Thrust plane — Thrust Thrust, n. 1. A violent push or driving, as with a pointed weapon moved in the direction of its length, or with the hand or foot, or with any instrument; a stab; a word much used as a term of fencing. [1913 Webster] [Polites] Pyrrhus with… …
4screw — screwable, adj. screwer, n. screwless, adj. screwlike, adj. /skrooh/, n. 1. a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, esp. by means of a screwdriver. 2 …
5Thrust block — A thrust block is a specialised form of thrust bearing used in ships, to resist the thrust of the propellor shaft and transmit it to the hull. Early thrust boxes Early screw propelled steamships used a thrust block or thrust box composed of… …
6Thrust Air 2000 — A Thrust Air 2000 (commonly known as a thrust air coaster) is a unique form of launched roller coaster created by S S Power, Inc., that uses refrigerated, compressed air to shoot a rubber wheeled car down a steel track. There are two production… …
7Screw press — A Screw press is a type of machine press in which the ram is driven up and down by a screw. The screw shaft can be driven by a handle, or a wheel. It works by using a coarse screw to convert the rotation of the handle or drive wheel into a small… …
8screw propeller — n. revolving shaft on an airplane or ship that pushes air or water backward to provide forward thrust …
9interrupted screw — noun : a screw from which sectors have been removed by longitudinal cuts through the threads so that it can be thrust into a reciprocally machined mating part and locked by only a fraction of a turn * * * a screw having the thread interrupted in… …
10Ball screw — A ball screw is a mechanical device for translating rotational motion to linear motion. A threaded shaft provides a spiral raceway for ball bearings which act as a precision screw. As well as being able to apply or withstand high thrust loads… …
