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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A screw designed to bind and fasten two parts of any adjustable tool or apparatus, as the blade of a bevel; a set-screw; especially, a screw set in at right angles to another, either abutting against it or tightening the female, so as to prevent the male from turning.
- noun In electricity, a simple arrangement by which two electrical conductors may be brought into metallic connection. (See cut.) A similar stationary arrangement is called a binding-post.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A set screw used to bind parts together, esp. one for making a connection in an electrical circuit.
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