ARCHIMEDES' SCREW


Meaning of ARCHIMEDES' SCREW in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌär-kə-ˈmē-dēz- ]

noun

Etymology: Archimedes

Date: 1728

: a device made of a tube bent spirally around an axis or of a broad-threaded screw encased by a cylinder and used to raise water

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.