noun
: four equal threads any point of each of which at any right section is one quarter of a circumference in advance of the corresponding point of the next succeeding thread — compare double thread
noun
: four equal threads any point of each of which at any right section is one quarter of a circumference in advance of the corresponding point of the next succeeding thread — compare double thread
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012