differential screw

noun

A mechanism that uses two screw threads to make small, precise adjustments to the spacing between two objects, as in focusing a microscope or moving the anvils of a micrometer.

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Meanings

noundifferential screw (plural differential screws)

plural differential screws

  1. engineeringA mechanism that uses two screw threads to make small, precise adjustments to the spacing between two objects, as in focusing a microscope or moving the anvils of a micrometer.
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