tappet

tappet

English

Animated view of a cam disc with tappet.

Etymology

From tap +‎ -et, possibly influenced by homophony with "tap it."

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æpɪt

Noun

tappet (plural tappets)

1. A lever or projection which is moved by some other piece, as a cam, or intended to tap or touch something else, in order to produce change or regulate motion.

Synonyms

• follower
• lifter

Translations

lever or projection intended to tap or touch something

Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Finnish: nostin (fi), nokka (fi) French: suiveur (fr) m German: Stößel (de) m Italian: please add this translation if you can

Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 태핏 (taepit) Polish: popychacz m Russian: толкатель (ru) m (tolkatelʹ) Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• tappet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Danish

Verb

tappet

1. past participle of tappe

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German

Verb

tappet

1. Second-person plural subjunctive I of tappen.