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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 Ar·chi·me·des' screw /ˌɑrkəˈmidiz-/

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ar·chi·me·de·an a.  Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
 Archimedean screw, or Archimedes' screw, an instrument, said to have been invented by Archimedes, for raising water, formed by winding a flexible tube round a cylinder in the form of a screw.  When the screw is placed in an inclined position, and the lower end immersed in water, by causing the screw to revolve, the water is raised to the upper end.
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