Screw (disambiguation)

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The term screw may refer to:

• Screw (simple machine)
  • Archimedes' screw - a simple machine for transporting water to a higher elevation
• Screw - threaded fastener related articles
  • Screw - threaded fastener with external threads
  • Nut - a fastener with internal threads intended to be mate with a screw type fastener with machine threads
  • Threaded insert
  • Screw anchor - device used with screws for attachment in materials not suited for use with a screw directly such as drywall
  • Wedge anchor
  • Screw thread - Screw thread standards
• Screw propeller
• Screw (music), a technique of remixing hip hop music by slowing the tempo
• Screw axis - the axis of rotation in 3D geometry
• Screw (motion) - a description of spiral motion used in rigid body dynamics
• Chopped and screwed music
• Screw magazine, a pornographic periodical published by Al Goldstein
• Slang for prison guard (Australia, Ireland, UK and USA)
• Slang for sexual intercourse
• Thumbscrew - a torture device
• A Screw - an EP by Swans
• Leadscrew- used to provide controlled and quantifiable movement in machine tools, for example a screw-cutting lathe
• Micrometer - the relationship of degrees of rotation to axial distance change, known as the screw's lead, can be precisely known and can be used to amplify small distances, which is the principle behind the micrometer