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cap screw

[′kap ‚skrü]
(design engineering)
A screw which passes through a clear hole in the part to be joined, screws into a threaded hole in the other part, and has a head which holds the parts together.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

cap screw

cap screws
1.A screw which is threaded along its entire length and has a chamfered point; it is driven into a hole and secured without a nut.
2. Same as tap bolt.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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