Tappet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A lever or projecting arm that moves or is moved by contact with another part, usually to transmit motion, as between a driving mechanism and a valve.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A lever or projection moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, with a view to produce change or regulate motion.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An early English spelling of tap.
  • n. Carpet; tapestry; a piece of tapestry.
  • n. In medieval armor, one of the series of flexible plates hooked to the skirts of the cuirass.
  • To cover with tapestry.
  • n. In machinery, an arm, collar, lever, or cam attached to and projecting from a movable part of a machine in such manner that the motion of the machine intermittently brings it into contact with some other part to which it imparts an intermittent motion.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a lever that is moved in order to tap something else
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    lever   
    Cross Reference
    negative tappet    positive tappet   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    follower    lifter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    metauh    crankshaft    hgt    particle-acceleration    coq   
     
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