A screw designed to be driven or inserted by mechanical means, or a screw that drives machinery.
Compound of 'drive' (Old English 'drifan') and 'screw' (from Old French 'escroue'). Technical term describing a screw used in power transmission.
'Drivescrew' is an example of how specialists name tools based on their function—it's not just a screw that holds things, it's a screw that actively drives or is driven by machinery, which is why 'drive' comes first.
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