MEANING
A component that receives motion from a cam and transmits it to another part, commonly a valve mechanism.
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- a valve tappet
- tappet clearance
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A valve tappet clicked beneath the cover.
The technician measured the tappet clearance before restarting the engine.
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- tappet
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular tappet; plural tappets. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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