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Complete Definition of "Archimedes screw"

English

Noun
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Archimedes screw (also Archimedean screw)

  1. A screwlike device invented by Greek mathematician Archimedes, ca. 200 BCE, which when twisted inside a cylinder, raises water from a lower level to a higher level, allowing irrigation of fields.

Translations

Arabic: ARchar|تاب�ت ر�ع ا���اء (t�būt raf� al-miy�h)
Finnish: Arkhimedeen ruuvi

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