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Passing the basketball using an overhand throw with one hand similar to a baseball pitch. baseline. Also called the end line. The line that marks the playing boundary at either end of the court. baseline out-of-bounds play The play used to return the ball to the court from outside the baseline along the opponent's basket. basket
In basketball, there are five players on the court per team, each assigned to positions. From a strategic point of view, these players have been assigned to positions defined by the role they play. Players are split into 3 main categories: guard, forward, and center, with the standard team featuring two guards, two forwards, and a center.
Lead (/ ˈ l iː d /) and pitch are closely related concepts. They can be confused because they are the same for most screws. Lead is the distance along the screw's axis that is covered by one complete rotation of the screw thread (360°). Pitch is the distance from the crest of one thread to the next one at the same point.
Pitch is defined as the axial distance between adjacent threads on a helix or screw. In most screws, called "single start" screws, which have a single helical thread along their length, the lead and pitch are equal. They only differ in "multiple start" screws, which have several intertwined threads.
A metric ISO screw thread is designated by the letter M followed by the value of the nominal diameter D (the maximum thread diameter) and the pitch P, both expressed in millimetres and separated by a dash or sometimes the multiplication sign, × (e.g. M8-1.25 or M8×1.25). If the pitch is the normally used "coarse" pitch listed in ISO 261 or ...
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Two ball screws, including close-ups of the ball assembly of the top screw. Left inset: recirculating tube removed showing retainer bracket, loose balls and tube. Right inset: closer view of the nut cavity. A ball screw (or ballscrew) is a mechanical linear actuator that translates rotational motion to linear motion with little friction.
The Dartmouth men’s basketball team voted Tuesday to unionize — the first Division I college athletics team to hold a public unionization effort.