piston
see also: Piston
Etymology
Piston
Proper noun
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see also: Piston
Etymology
From French piston.
Pronunciation Nounpiston (plural pistons)
- (mechanics) 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)
- (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch
- French: piston
- German: Kolben
- Italian: pistone
- Portuguese: pistão
- Russian: по́ршень
- Spanish: pistón, émbolo
- German: Piston, Zündhütchenträger
- Russian: уда́рник
piston (pistons, present participle pistoning; simple past and past participle pistoned)
- (intransitive) To move up and down or in and out like a piston.
Piston
Proper noun
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