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English-Thai Dictionary

tappet

N ส่วน ของ เครื่องยนต์ suan-kong-krueng-yon

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TAPPET

TAPPET Tap "pet, n. (Mach. )

Defn: 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. G. Francis. Tappet motion, a valve motion worked by tappets from a reciprocating part, without an eccentric or cam, -- used in steam pumps, etc.

TAPPET ROD

TAPPET ROD Tap "pet rod. (Mech. )

Defn: A rod carrying a tappet or tappets, as one for closing the valves in a Cornish pumping engine.

New American Oxford Dictionary

tappet

tap pet |ˈtapit ˈtæpət | ▶noun a lever or projecting part on a machine that intermittently makes contact with a cam or other part so as to give or receive motion. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: apparently an irregular diminutive of tap 2 .

Oxford Dictionary

tappet

tappet |ˈtapɪt | ▶noun a moving part in a machine which transmits motion in a straight line between a cam and another part. ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: apparently an irregular diminutive of tap 2 .