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lead screw [′lēd ‚skrü]

(mechanical engineering)

A threaded shaft used to convert rotation to longitudinal motion; in a lathe it moves the tool carriage when cutting threads; in a disk recorder it guides the cutter at a desired rate across the surface of an ungrooved disk.

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