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VALVE ROCKER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does valve rocker mean?
• VALVE ROCKER (noun)
The noun VALVE ROCKER has 1 sense:
1. a lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine
Familiarity information: VALVE ROCKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
rocker arm; valve rocker
Hypernyms ("valve rocker" is a kind of...):
lever (a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum)
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