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Definition: Valve Rocker |
Valve RockerNoun1. A lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Mechanical Engineering | Lever located on a shaft, one end of the lever being on the valve stem, the other being on the pushrod. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Valve RockerSynonym: rocker arm (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Valve Rocker |
| English words defined with "valve rocker": Rock shaft. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "valve rocker": push rod ♦ unlockable rod. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "valve rocker"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | vippearm (rocker, rocker arm, rocker box, tipper), ventilvippearm (rocker, rocker arm, rocker box, tipper). (various references) | |
Dutch | tuimelaar (bell crank, catch, counter gear, counter gearing, counter notion, pendular lever, pendulum, rocker, rocker arm, tripper device, weighing machine). (various references) | |
French | culbuteur de soupape, culbuteur. (various references) | |
German | Ventilhebel (rocker, rocker arm), Schwinghebel (balance beam, balancer, equalizer, equalizing bar, oscillating arm, rocker, rocker arm, shock compensating rocker beam, swing arm, swinging arm), Kipphebel (bell crank, catch, rocker, rocker arm, rocker lever, rocking, rocking level, tripper device). (various references) | |
Greek | ζυγός βαλβίδας (lifter, rocker, rocker arm, tappet, valve lifter, valve plunger), "κοκκοράκι". (various references) | |
Italian | bilanciere (balance, balance beam, balancer, balance-wheel, catch, equalizer, equalizing bar, guide frame, outrigger, rocker, rocker arm, shock compensating rocker beam, spreader, swing bar, swingle-tree, tripper device, walking beam, yoke). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alvevay ockerray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | martelo (common hammerhead, hammer, hammerhead, hammerhead shark, Malleus, rocker, rocker arm, smooth hammerhead, striker), balancim (balance beam, Penelope, rocker, rocker arm, yoke), balanceiro (bogie bolster, bolster, bolster beam, fly, pendulum, rocker, rocker arm, swipe, truck bolster). (various references) | |
Spanish | balancín (balance pole, balancer, bell crank, dandy, equalizer, equalizing bar, horn, lifting beam, lifting eyes of the heavier moulding boxes, outrigger, paternoster, rocker, rocker arm, seesaw, singletree, sling beam, sway-beam, yoke). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-k-l-o-r-r-v-v" | |
-2 letters: overclear. | |
-3 letters: laverock, revolver. | |
-4 letters: caroler, clearer, cleaver, coverer, croaker, earlock, evolver, lavrock, raveler, recover, revoker, revolve. | |
-5 letters: alcove, areole, calker, career, carrel, carvel, carver, cereal, claver, cleave, clever, clover, coaler, coeval, corker, corral, corvee, craver, creole, evoker, evolve, lacker, larker, laveer, leaker, leaver, lekvar, locker, ocreae, oracle, racker, rackle, realer, reaver, recoal, recork, relace, relock, rerack, reveal, revoke, rocker, vakeel, vealer, veloce. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 61 6C 76 65 52 6F 63 6B 65 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01100001 01101100 01110110 01100101 00100000 01010010 01101111 01100011 01101011 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V a l v e   R o c k e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0061 006C 0076 0065 0052 006F 0063 006B 0065 0072 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56677888712528169777184 |
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