ARCHIMEDES' SCREW


Meaning of ARCHIMEDES' SCREW in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized A

: a device consisting of a tube bent spirally around an axis or of a broad-threaded screw incased by a hollow open cylinder and used to raise water by rotating the apparatus when partly immersed in a slantwise direction

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