Usually means: Mechanical device for lifting, adjusting.
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  1. jackscrew: Merriam-Webster
  2. jackscrew: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. jackscrew: Collins English Dictionary
  4. jackscrew: Vocabulary.com
  5. jackscrew: Wordnik
  6. jackscrew: Wiktionary
  7. jackscrew: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. jackscrew: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. jackscrew: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Jackscrew, jackscrew: Dictionary.com
  11. Jackscrew: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Jackscrew: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. jackscrew: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. jackscrew: Rhymezone
  15. Jackscrew: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. jackscrew: FreeDictionary.org
  17. jackscrew: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. jackscrew: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. jackscrew: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. jackscrew: Medical dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Locksmith Dictionary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (jackscrew)

noun:  A jack (mechanical lifting device) which is operated by turning a leadscrew.
noun:  A leadscrew; a screw used to translate rotational into linear motion.

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