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rocker arms

rocker arms is the plural of rocker arm.

Meaning of rocker arm

Noun

rocker arm (plural rocker arms)

  1. A valvetrain component that typically transfers the motion of a pushrod in an overhead valve internal combustion engine to the corresponding intake or exhaust valve.
    • All the rocker arms have an automatic hydraulic adjustment, which ensures at all times that no backlash is present in the valve motion.1958 September, “Swindon's First Main-Line Diesel Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 601

Questions about rocker arms

What is rocker arms the plural of?
Rocker arms is the plural of rocker arm.

Words near rocker arms in the dictionary

  1. rockelays
  2. rockels
  3. rocken
  4. rocker
  5. rocker arm
  6. rocker arms
  7. rocker board
  8. rocker boards
  9. rocker panel
  10. rocker panels
  11. rocker switch

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