an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
See also: Foot
foot screw
foot screw
[′fu̇t ‚skrü] (engineering) One of the three screws connecting the tribach of a theodolite or other level with the plate screwed to the tripod head.An adjusting screw that serves also as a foot.