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Definition: Jackscrew |
JackscrewNoun1. Screw-operated jack. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Electrical Engineering | A screw attached to one half of a two-piece, multiple-contact connector and used to draw both halves together and to separate them. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A jack in which a screw is used for lifting or exerting pressure; also,#WORD (r)48 (r)56 screwjack (r)13126 (r)13127 the helical-screw part of a jackscrew. Syn:screwjack b. A heavy screw set in the base or frame of a drill machine for thepurpose of leveling the drill. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: JackscrewSynonym: screw jack (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Jackscrew |
| English words defined with "jackscrew": screw jack. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "jackscrew": single jack ♦ tension jack, tommy bar. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "jackscrew"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | skruelåsesystem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | aansluitklem (terminal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | جک پیچی(مک.). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kääntöruuvi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | vis de Fischer (Fischer jackscrew). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Spindelverriegelungssystem. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κοχλίας συνδετήρα πολλαπλών επαφών. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | törpe emelõ, emelõorsó, emelõcsavar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ackscrewjay parafuso de Fischer (Fischer jackscrew). (various references) tornillo de apriete y separación. (various references) monteringsskruv. (various references) แม่แรงยกของที่ใช้เกลียวหมุน. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "jackscrew": jackscrews. (additional references) | |
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"Jackscrew" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jackassery. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-j-k-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: jackers. | |
-3 letters: cracks, crakes, creaks, jacker, sacker, scarce, screak, wackes, wakers, wracks, wreaks, wrecks. | |
-4 letters: acres, asker, askew, cakes, cares, carks, carse, crack, crake, craws, creak, crews, escar, eskar, jacks, jakes, jerks, races, racks, rajes, rakes, recks, resaw, saker, sawer, scare, screw, serac, sewar, sware, swear, wacke, wacks, waker, wakes, wares, warks, wears. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-j-k-r-s-w" | |
+1 letter: jackscrews. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 61 63 6B 73 63 72 65 77 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- .- -.-. -.- ... -.-. .-. . .--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01100001 01100011 01101011 01110011 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J a c k s c r e w |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0061 0063 006B 0073 0063 0072 0065 0077 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)446769778569847189 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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