Search Result for "rocker_arm":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine;
[syn: rocker arm, valve rocker]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Rocker \Rock"er\, n. 1. One who rocks; specifically, one who rocks a cradle. [1913 Webster] It was I, sir, said the rocker, who had the honor, some thirty years since, to attend on your highness in your infancy. --Fuller. [1913 Webster] 2. One of the curving pieces of wood or metal on which a cradle, chair, etc., rocks. [1913 Webster] 3. Any implement or machine working with a rocking motion, as a trough mounted on rockers for separating gold dust from gravel, etc., by agitation in water. [1913 Webster] 4. A play horse on rockers; a rocking-horse. [1913 Webster] 5. A chair mounted on rockers; a rocking-chair. [1913 Webster] 6. A skate with a curved blade, somewhat resembling in shape the rocker of a cradle. [1913 Webster] 7. (Mach.) Same as Rock shaft. [1913 Webster] Rocker arm (Mach.), an arm borne by a rock shaft. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

rocker arm n 1: a lever pivoted at the center; used especially to push a valve down in an internal-combustion engine [syn: rocker arm, valve rocker]