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Archimedes' screw
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English
right|thumb|An Archimedes' screw in water.
right|thumb|Animation showing how an Archimedes' screw functions. Alternatively, the cylindrical casing could be welded to and could rotate with the spiral screw.
Alternative forms
en Archimedean screw
en Archimedes screw
Noun
en engineering A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 , which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
Translations
A screwlike device that raises water
Arabic: ar طُنْبُور
Dutch: nl vijzel
Finnish: fi Arkhimedeen ruuvi
Galician: gl parafuso de Arquímedes m
German: de archimedische Schraube f
Hungarian: hu arkhimédészi csavar
Korean: ko 나선 양수기
Norwegian: no Archimedes' skrue
Polish: pl śruba Archimedesa f
Portuguese: pt parafuso de Arquimedes m
Romanian: ro șurubul lui Arhimede n
Turkish: tr Arşimet'in vidası
en eponyms
en Pumps