What is having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads called?
doublethreaded — (Mech.) Having two screw threads instead of one; -- said of a screw in which the pitch is equal to twice the distance between the centers of adjacent threads. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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