Definitions from Wiktionary (Archimedes' screw)
▸ noun: (engineering) A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 B.C.E., which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
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▸ noun: (engineering) A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 B.C.E., which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.
Similar:
Archimedes' screw,
screw pump,
trammel of Archimedes,
screw,
Persian wheel,
jackscrew,
Hindley's screw,
water wheel,
screw ventilator,
endless screw,
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