venttiilinnostin
Appearance
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]venttiilin (“of a valve”) + nostin (“lifter”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈʋentːiːlinˌnostin/, [ˈʋe̞n̪t̪ːiːlinˌno̞s̠tin]
- Rhymes: -ostin
- Hyphenation(key): vent‧tiilin‧nostin
Noun
[edit]venttiilinnostin
- valve tappet, cam follower (in an internal combustion engine, a mechanism that transfers the movement of the camshaft to the gas exchange valves on the cylinders, lifting and closing them at exactly the right moment)
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “venttiilinnostin”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04