piston
A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure…A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
» This shaft links with a piston.
Die Welle ist mit einem Kolben verbunden. — Espi
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2 sensesA solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)
Kolben
по́ршеньpóršenʹ, плу́нжерplúnžer, золотни́кzolotník
A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch
Pumpventil, Perinetventil, Piston
писто́нpistón, кла́панklápan, уда́рникudárnik
уда́рникudárnyk
- mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
- United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
Examples
5 sentencesThis shaft links with a piston.
deDie Welle ist mit einem Kolben verbunden. — Espi
The piston does not come into contact with the cylinder cover.
The timing belt ensures the choreography of piston, valve and plug continues unabated.
The settling of piston rings into a cylinder's wall is the goal of modern engine break-ins.
In a piston-engine airplane, the mixture control adjusts the ratio of fuel to air entering the engine.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French piston.Borrowed from French piston.
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Forms
plural: pistonsSynonyms
2 synonyms- mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion:plunger
- United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976):Walter Piston
Word family
9 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.