What is "phillips"

proper name of a cross-slot screw and corresponding screwdriver, 1935, named for its inventor, U.S. businessman Henry F. Phillips (1890-1958) of Portland, Ore. It was designed for car makers, hence the handyman's complaint that they are difficult to un-screw. Phillips lost the patent in 1949.

Phillips may refer to:

Phillips is a lunar crater that is located in the vicinity of the Moon's east-southeastern limb. The larger walled plain Humboldt lies across the eastern rim of Phillips, and the outer rampart covers nearly half the interior floor. The surviving rim is eroded in places, and not quite circular.

The northern end of the crater's rim forms an outward-projecting bend, and the inner wall is diminished along that side. There is a small circular crater along the western rim. The interior floor is irregular in places, with a central ridge near the midpoint. To the southwest of Phillips lies the crater Legendre.

Phillips was an American racing car constructor. Phillips cars competed in seven FIA World Championship races - the - Indianapolis 500.

Phillips is a surname that is mostly referred to as a patronymic surname that derives from the given name Philip (name). Notable people with this surname include:

Phillips, formerly known as Phillips the Auctioneers, and briefly as Phillips de Pury, is a British auction house. It was founded in London in 1796, and has head offices in London and in New York City.

Phillips Crater is a crater in the Mare Australe quadrangle of Mars, located at 66.7° south latitude and 45.1° west longitude. It is 190.2 km in diameter and was named after John Phillips, a British geologist (1800–1874), and Theodore E. Philips, a British astronomer (1868–1942). In this area one can often see polygons. Polygons are common where wet ground freezes and thaws. The polygons here are especially visible because there is snow in the cracks between the polygons. The enlarged picture below shows these features.

Wikiphilips.jpg|Phillips Crater as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Wikiphilipspolygons.jpg|Phillips Crater showing polygons with ice in cracks between polygons, as seen by CTX camera (on Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter). Note this is an enlargement of a previous image. Philips Crater Area.JPG|Phillips Crater Area, as seen by HiRISE.