Setscrew

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

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a screw (often without a head) that fits into the boss or hub of a wheel or cam etc. and prevents motion of the part relative to the shaft on which it is mounted

polysemous

Classifications

per-axis with provenance

Entity Type

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Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

3 surface forms

plural: Setscrews
possessive: Setscrew's
pluralpossessive: Setscrews'

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