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poppet
poppet valve
Definition: a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat; commonly used in internal-combustion engines
Definition: A valve (as in an internal combustion engine) which consists of a sliding shaft with a disk on the end (the disk being shaped to alternately plug and unplug a matching port) and which is operated by springs and possibly cams interacting with the shaft.