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 Definitions of Piston  [ˈpɪs tən]  

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Definition of 'Piston' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) piston
a disk or solid cylinder moving within a longer cylinder and exerting pressure on, or receiving pressure from, a fluid or gas.

2.  piston
a pumplike valve used to change the pitch in a cornet or the like.

3. (n.) Piston
Walter, 1894–1976, U.S. composer.


Definition of 'Piston' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Piston, Walter Piston
United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)

2. (noun) piston, plunger
mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion


Definition of 'Piston' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Piston
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


Translation of 'Piston' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (in engines, pumps etc) a round piece usually of metal that fits inside a cylinder and moves up and down or backwards and forwards inside it.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: suier Arabic flag Arabic: مِكْبَس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бутало
Brazilian flag Brazilian: pistão Czech flag Czech: píst German flag German: der Kolben
Danish flag Danish: stempel Greek flag Greek: έμβολο, πιστόνι Spanish flag Spanish: pistón, émbolo
Estonian flag Estonian: kolb Farsi flag Farsi: پیستون Finnish flag Finnish: mäntä
French flag French: piston Hebrew flag Hebrew: בּוּכנָה Hindi flag Hindi: पिस्टन, मुसली
Croatian flag Croatian: klip Hungarian flag Hungarian: dugattyú Indonesian flag Indonesian: piston
Icelandic flag Icelandic: stimpill Italian flag Italian: pistone Japanese flag Japanese: ピストン
Korean flag Korean: 피스톤 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: stūmoklis Latvian flag Latvian: virzulis
Malay flag Malay: omboh Dutch flag Dutch: zuiger Norwegian flag Norwegian: stempel
Polish flag Polish: tłok Persian flag Persian: پیستون Pashto flag Pashto: پسټون ( لنډاستوانه ) ماشي
Portuguese flag Portuguese: pistão Romanian flag Romanian: piston Russian flag Russian: поршень
Slovak flag Slovak: piest Slovenian flag Slovenian: bat Serbian flag Serbian: klip
Swedish flag Swedish: pistong, kolv Thai flag Thai: ลูกสูบ Turkish flag Turkish: piston
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 活塞 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: поршень Urdu flag Urdu: پسٹن، متحرک ڈاٹ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: pittông, van đẩy Chinese flag Chinese: 活塞

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