Screw (disambiguation)

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A screw is an externally threaded fastener. "Screw" may also refer to:

• 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 (band), a Japanese rock band
• Screw (card game)
• SCREW (magazine), a pornographic tabloid published and edited by Al Goldstein
• Screw (motion), a description of spiral motion used in rigid body dynamics
• A Screw, an EP by Swans
• Screw propeller
• Screw axis, the axis of rotation in 3D geometry
• Some specific pair of vectors (e.g. force+moment or linear+angular velocity) (see Screw theory)
• 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
• Slang for a prison officer (Australia, Canada, Ireland, UK and USA)
• Slang for sexual intercourse

See also

• Thumbscrew (disambiguation)