Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
settings, thumb screw, head screw
Hindi translation:
सेटिंग, पखदार पेंच, खाँचेदार पेंच,
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Shaalini Bansal
Dec 15, 2007 20:12
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settings, thumb screw, head screw
English to Hindi
Tech/Engineering
Mechanics / Mech Engineering
settings here refers to the settings of a machine. The other two refer to the different type of screws used to assemble the product.
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| 4 +7 | सेटिंग, पखदार पेंच, खाँचेदार पेंच, |
Pundora
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| 5 +4 | सेटिंग्स या समायोजन, थंब स्क्रू, हैड स्क्रू, |
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सेटिंग, पखदार पेंच, खाँचेदार पेंच,
Being technical, all these terms can also be transliterated and you can explain about them in brackets.
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-12-15 23:35:01 GMT)
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About thumb screws:
Thumb Screws are a machine-thread screw that has a "fin" head that can be manually turned to torque the screw into mating part.
http://www.fastenersuperstore.com/stores/superstore/step3.cf...
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Note added at 3 hrs (2007-12-15 23:35:01 GMT)
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About thumb screws:
Thumb Screws are a machine-thread screw that has a "fin" head that can be manually turned to torque the screw into mating part.
http://www.fastenersuperstore.com/stores/superstore/step3.cf...
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सेटिंग्स या समायोजन, थंब स्क्रू, हैड स्क्रू,
It is better to transliterate, screws are of various type and with different heads, like butterfly screw, winged screw, chisel head screw, Philips head screw, hex head screw and so on. For clear understanding there is no need to translate. In above case there is no mention about the type of head.
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