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Questions
Define the term pitch.
What do you understand by the term pitch of screw?
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Solution
“The pitch of a screw is the distance moved by the screw in one complete rotation of its head.”
OR
Pitch may also be defined as “the distance between two consecutive threads of screw measured along the axis of the screw.”
Pitch = `"Distance moved by thimble on M.S."/"Number of rotations of thimble"`
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