Screw (disambiguation)
A screw is an externally threaded fastener. "Screw" or "screws" may also refer to:
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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 (simple machine)
- 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 (card game)
- Screw (magazine), a pornographic tabloid published and edited by Al Goldstein
Other
- Screws v. United States, 1945 Supreme Court case
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