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PRONUNCIATION OF INTERRUPTED SCREW

interrupted screw play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF INTERRUPTED SCREW

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Interrupted screw is a noun.
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WHAT DOES INTERRUPTED SCREW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

interrupted screw

Interrupted screw

An interrupted screw or interrupted thread is a mechanical device typically used in the breech of artillery guns. It was invented circa 1845. It is a screw that has a section of thread along its axis removed. The screw is mated with a hole at the rear of the weapon's chamber; i.e., where the screw has threads the hole does not, and vice versa. The screw can thus be smoothly inserted all the way into the gun, after which as little as 1⁄6 of a turn can engage the two sets of threads securely, sealing the breech. Interrupted screws are occasionally seen in loose gunpowder rifles, as this mechanism was historically one of the few practical ways to achieve a gas-proof seal with a breech-loading firearm that does not employ cartridges. An earlier method was the use of a wedge to block the rear of the gun. Sealing was further improved with the de Bange obturator in 1872. The major weakness of the original designs was that only half of the circumference of the breechblock could be threaded, hence a fairly long breechblock was still required to achieve a secure lock.

Definition of interrupted screw in the English dictionary

The definition of interrupted screw in the dictionary is a screw with a slot or slots cut into the thread, esp one used in the breech of some guns permitting both engagement and release of the block by a partial turn of the screw.

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WORDS THAT END LIKE INTERRUPTED SCREW

airscrew
Allen screw
Archimedes´ screw
cap screw
corkscrew
crew
grub screw
ice screw
jackscrew
lag screw
lead screw
machine screw
Phillips screw
screw
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Synonyms and antonyms of interrupted screw in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «interrupted screw» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF INTERRUPTED SCREW

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The translations of interrupted screw from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «interrupted screw» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

中断螺丝
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tornillo interrumpido
570 millions of speakers

English

interrupted screw
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बाधित पेंच
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المسمار توقف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прервал винт
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

parafuso interrompido
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিরতি স্ক্রু
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vis interrompu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terganggu skru
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unterbrochen Schraube
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中断ネジ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

중단 나사
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kacampur diselani
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

vít bị gián đoạn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுக்கீடு திருகு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खंडित स्क्रू
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kesilmiş vida
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

vite interrotte
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

przerwane śruba
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перервав гвинт
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

întreruptă șurub
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διακοπεί βίδα
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

onderbreek skroef
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

avbruten skruv
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

avbrutt skrue
5 millions of speakers

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERRUPTED SCREW»

The term «interrupted screw» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.050 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «INTERRUPTED SCREW» OVER TIME

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INTERRUPTED SCREW»

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Naval Ordnance: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of the ...
The interrupted-screw system, also called " slotted screw," is divided into three classes: (1) French interrupted screw; (2) Elszvick interrupted screw; and (3) Welin interrupted screw. In general, an interrupted-screw plug is a plug which, after ...
Roland Irvin Curtin, Thomas Lee Johnson, 1915
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Text-book of ordnance and gunnery
The interrupted-screw system, also called " slotted-screw," is divided into four classes (Plate II) : (1) French interrupted screw (Fig. 1), (2) Elswick interrupted screw (Fig. 2), (3) Welin interrupted screw (Fig. 3), and (4) Maxim-Nordenfelt Mark M, ...
William Freeland Fullam, Thomas Charles Hart, United States Naval Academy, 1905
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Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
... a reciprocating motor piston provided with an upwardly projecting tang, a cam engagement between said motor piston and said breech nut for rotating the nut, a reciprocating breech block provided with interrupted screw threads registering ...
‎1915
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Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a gun, the combination with a gun barrel and a reciprocating breech block provided with interrupted screw threads, of a breech nut revolubly mounted in rear of said barrel but held against longitudinal motion, said breech nut being provided ...
United States. Patent Office, 1907
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Handbook for Seaman Gunners: Covering Course for Seaman ...
Systems of Breech Blocks: There are four principal systems used in the U. S. Navy, viz.: 1. The Interrupted Screw. 2. The Sliding Wedge. 3. The Combined Rotary System. 4. The Sliding Bolt System. The interrupted screw system is, in general, ...
‎1918
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Ordnance and Gunnery: A Text-book Prepared for the Use of ...
The interrupted-screw system, also called “ slotted-screw," is divided into four classes (Plate II) : (11) French interrupted screw (Fig. 1), (2) Elswick interrupted screw (Fig. 2), (3) Welin interrupted screw (Fig. 3), and (4) Maxim-Nordenfelt Mark M, ...
United States Naval Academy. Dept. of Ordnance and Gunnery, 1910
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Principles of Artillery Weapons
... portions of the firing mechanism. There are two types of breechblock—the interrupted-screw and sliding-wedge. a. Interrupted-Screw Breechblock (Fig 4-14 ). This type of breechblock is used on cannons that fire separate-loading ammunition ...
‎1981
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Battle at Sea: 3,000 Years of Naval Warfare
But breech-loaders had dangers of their own, and only became reliable with the invention of the interrupted screw and the French-designed De Bange obturation system. The former allowed the breech to be opened and closed quickly, While ...
R G Grant, 2011
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50 Weapons That Changed Warfare
One was a sliding block of steel; the other resembled a small, extremely thick bank vault door that was locked by an interrupted screw surrounding it. There were three types of ammunition for breech-loading cannons—fixed, semi-fixed and ...
William Weir, 2005
10
Artillery: An Illustrated History of Its Impact
In 1885 it adopted the high-trajectory 270mm Howitzer, an interrupted screw breech weapon that fired a 335-pound shell up to 8,749 yards. Adopted in 1890, the 120mm Short Gun Mle 90 fired a 40-pound shell to a maximum range of 6,343 ...
Jeff Kinard, 2007

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