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  2. Hydraulic tappet - Wikipedia

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    A hydraulic tappet, also known as a hydraulic valve lifter or hydraulic lash adjuster, is a device for maintaining zero valve clearance in an internal combustion engine. Conventional solid valve lifters require regular adjusting to maintain a small clearance between the valve and its rocker or cam follower .

  3. Tappet - Wikipedia

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    A tappet or valve lifter is a valve train component which converts rotational motion into linear motion in activating a valve. It is most commonly found in internal combustion engines , where it converts the rotational motion of the camshaft into linear motion of intake and exhaust valves, either directly or indirectly.

  4. Literal and figurative language - Wikipedia

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    Literal language is the usage of words exactly according to their direct, straightforward, or conventionally accepted meanings: their denotation. Figurative (or non-literal ) language is the usage of words in a way that deviates from their conventionally accepted definitions in order to convey a more complex meaning or a heightened effect. [ 1 ]

  5. AMC straight-6 engine - Wikipedia

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    Engine bay of a 1993 Jeep Grand Cherokee with 4.0 L The 5 millionth Jeep 4.0 engine produced on the "Greenlee Block Line" dated June 15, 2001 The 242 cu in (4.0 L) engine was developed by AMC in just 26 months using many off-the-shelf components while featuring, among others, additional strength, improved combustion chamber, port setup, and cam ...

  6. Ilyushin Il-76 - Wikipedia

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    The Ilyushin Il-76 (Russian: Илью́шин Ил-76; NATO reporting name: Candid) is a multi-purpose, fixed-wing, four-engine turbofan strategic airlifter designed by the Soviet Union's Ilyushin design bureau as a commercial freighter in 1967, to replace the Antonov An-12.

  7. Literal movement grammar - Wikipedia

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    The basic rewrite operation of an LMG is very similar to that of a CFG, with the addition of arguments to the non-terminal symbols. Where a context-free rewrite rule obeys the general schema for some non-terminal and some string of terminals and/or non-terminals , an LMG rewrite rule obeys the general schema (,...,), where X is a non-terminal with arity n (called a predicate in LMG terminology ...

  8. Escalator - Wikipedia

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    Rows of escalators at the World Trade Center in Dubai Escalator in a metro station in Warsaw Fujitec escalator in action, 2020 Escalators at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil An escalator is a moving staircase which carries people between floors of a building or structure.

  9. Olympic weightlifting - Wikipedia

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    An Olympic lifter, Jang Mi-ran, holding a barbell loaded with red 25 kg bumper plates, held in place with a collar. Note the lifter's taped wrists and thumbs, her weightlifting shoes, and her weightlifting belt. Weight plates are secured to the bar using collars on each side that weigh exactly 2.5 kg each.