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screw

mechanism that converts rotational motion to linear motion, and a torque (rotational force) to a linear force; one of the six classical simple machines
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Summary

screw ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • screw is a type of simple machine[2].
  • screw's Commons category is recorded as Screws[3].
  • screw's different from is recorded as screw[4].

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Definition and Type

screw is a type of simple machine[2].

Why It Matters

screw ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (154 views/month).[1] screw has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 6d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → simple machine
    Different from → screw
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007563091905171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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