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piston
(encz) | piston,píst n: [tech.] Zdeněk Brož |
Piston
(gcide) | Piston \Pis"ton\, n. [F. piston; cf. It. pistone piston, also
pestone a large pestle; all fr. L. pinsere, pistum, to pound,
to stamp. See Pestle, Pistil.] (Mach.)
A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against,
fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder
fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves,
back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion
from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid;
also for other purposes.
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Piston head (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is
made fast to the piston rod.
Piston rod, a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which
it communicates motion.
Piston valve (Steam Eng.), a slide valve, consisting of a
piston, or connected pistons, working in a cylindrical
case which is provided with ports that are traversed by
the valve.
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piston
(wn) | Piston
n 1: United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) [syn:
Piston, Walter Piston]
2: mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
[syn: piston, plunger] |
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piston chamber
(encz) | piston chamber, n: |
piston flow
(encz) | piston flow,pístový tok (hydrosystém) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
piston ring
(encz) | piston ring,pístní kroužek [tech.] Zdeněk Brož |
piston rod
(encz) | piston rod,ojnice [tech.] Zdeněk Brožpiston rod,pístnice [tech.] Zdeněk Brož |
piston skirt
(encz) | piston skirt,plášť pístu [tech.] Suky |
piston-engined
(encz) | piston-engined, |
Cornet-a-piston
(gcide) | Cornet-a-piston \Cor"net-[`a]-pis`ton\ (k?r"n?t-?-p?s"t?n; F.
k?r`n?`?p?s`t?n"), n.; pl. Cornets-[`a]-piston. [F.]
(Mus.)
A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with
valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a
cornet.
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Cornets-a-piston
(gcide) | Cornet-a-piston \Cor"net-[`a]-pis`ton\ (k?r"n?t-?-p?s"t?n; F.
k?r`n?`?p?s`t?n"), n.; pl. Cornets-[`a]-piston. [F.]
(Mus.)
A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with
valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a
cornet.
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Piston
(gcide) | Piston \Pis"ton\, n. [F. piston; cf. It. pistone piston, also
pestone a large pestle; all fr. L. pinsere, pistum, to pound,
to stamp. See Pestle, Pistil.] (Mach.)
A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against,
fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder
fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves,
back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion
from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid;
also for other purposes.
[1913 Webster]
Piston head (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is
made fast to the piston rod.
Piston rod, a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which
it communicates motion.
Piston valve (Steam Eng.), a slide valve, consisting of a
piston, or connected pistons, working in a cylindrical
case which is provided with ports that are traversed by
the valve.
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Piston displacement
(gcide) | Displacement \Dis*place"ment\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]placement.]
1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced; a
putting out of place.
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Unnecessary displacement of funds. --A. Hamilton.
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The displacement of the sun by parallax. --Whewell.
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2. The quantity of anything, as water, displaced by a
floating body, as by a ship, the weight of the displaced
liquid being equal to that of the displacing body.
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3. (Chem.) The process of extracting soluble substances from
organic material and the like, whereby a quantity of
saturated solvent is displaced, or removed, for another
quantity of the solvent.
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Piston displacement (Mech.), the volume of the space swept
through, or weight of steam, water, etc., displaced, in a
given time, by the piston of a steam engine or pump.
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Piston head
(gcide) | Piston \Pis"ton\, n. [F. piston; cf. It. pistone piston, also
pestone a large pestle; all fr. L. pinsere, pistum, to pound,
to stamp. See Pestle, Pistil.] (Mach.)
A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against,
fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder
fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves,
back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion
from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid;
also for other purposes.
[1913 Webster]
Piston head (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is
made fast to the piston rod.
Piston rod, a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which
it communicates motion.
Piston valve (Steam Eng.), a slide valve, consisting of a
piston, or connected pistons, working in a cylindrical
case which is provided with ports that are traversed by
the valve.
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Piston ring
(gcide) | Piston ring \Pis"ton ring\ (Mach.)
A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a
piston.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.] |
Piston rod
(gcide) | Piston \Pis"ton\, n. [F. piston; cf. It. pistone piston, also
pestone a large pestle; all fr. L. pinsere, pistum, to pound,
to stamp. See Pestle, Pistil.] (Mach.)
A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against,
fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder
fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves,
back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion
from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid;
also for other purposes.
[1913 Webster]
Piston head (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is
made fast to the piston rod.
Piston rod, a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which
it communicates motion.
Piston valve (Steam Eng.), a slide valve, consisting of a
piston, or connected pistons, working in a cylindrical
case which is provided with ports that are traversed by
the valve.
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Piston valve
(gcide) | Piston \Pis"ton\, n. [F. piston; cf. It. pistone piston, also
pestone a large pestle; all fr. L. pinsere, pistum, to pound,
to stamp. See Pestle, Pistil.] (Mach.)
A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against,
fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder
fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves,
back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion
from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid;
also for other purposes.
[1913 Webster]
Piston head (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is
made fast to the piston rod.
Piston rod, a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which
it communicates motion.
Piston valve (Steam Eng.), a slide valve, consisting of a
piston, or connected pistons, working in a cylindrical
case which is provided with ports that are traversed by
the valve.
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Trunk piston
(gcide) | Trunk piston \Trunk piston\
In a single-acting engine, an elongated hollow piston, open
at the end, in which the end of the connecting rod is
pivoted. The piston rod, crosshead and stuffing box are thus
dispensed with.
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piston chamber
(wn) | piston chamber
n 1: a chamber within which piston moves [syn: cylinder,
piston chamber] |
piston ring
(wn) | piston ring
n 1: seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap
between a piston and the cylinder wall |
piston rod
(wn) | piston rod
n 1: connecting rod that moves or is moved by a piston |
walter piston
(wn) | Walter Piston
n 1: United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) [syn:
Piston, Walter Piston] |
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