screw

fastener that has a thread wrapped around a cylinder
Thing type_of_machine_element Q11022
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screw

Summary

screw is a type of machine element[1]. screw ranks in the top 10% of type_of_machine_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (959 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • screw's instance of is recorded as type of machine element[3].
  • screw's instance of is recorded as encyclopedia article[4].
  • screw is a type of simple machine[5].
  • screw is a type of threaded fastener[6].
  • screw's Commons category is recorded as Screws[7].
  • screw comprises screw thread[8].
  • screw comprises head[9].
  • screw's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Screws[10].
  • screw's Commons gallery is recorded as Screw[11].
  • screw's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[12].
  • screw's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[13].
  • screw's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14].
  • screw's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[15].
  • screw's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16].
  • screw's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 9[17].
  • screw's published in is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition[18].
  • screw's hashtag is recorded as Screw[19].
  • screw's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn30/04153751-n[20].
  • screw's exact match is recorded as http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/wn31/104097355-n[21].
  • screw's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[22].
  • screw's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include type of machine element[3] and encyclopedia article[4]. Recorded subclass of include simple machine[5] and threaded fastener[6].

Use and Application

Components include screw thread[8] and head[9].

Why It Matters

screw ranks in the top 10% of type_of_machine_element entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (959 views/month).[2] screw has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] screw is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · XRay · 2026-08-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hashtag → Screw
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P2572]]: Screw"
  2. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → KSR-2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q297101, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  3. 13w ago · So9q · 2026-06-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Has part(s) → screw thread, head
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q60172994]]"
  4. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006029-srouby
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006029-srouby, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
  5. 17w ago · Breogan2008 · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia galega universal id → 163244
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P13613]]: 163244"
  6. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Published in → Encyclopædia Britannica Ninth Edition
    Has parts → —
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 17639, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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