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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.
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) Piston, Walter Piston
United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
2. (noun) piston, plunger
mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion
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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
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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.
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 Afrikaans: suier |
 Arabic: مِكْبَس |
 Bulgarian: бутало |
 Brazilian: pistão |
 Czech: píst |
 German: der Kolben |
 Danish: stempel |
 Greek: έμβολο, πιστόνι |
 Spanish: pistón, émbolo |
 Estonian: kolb |
 Farsi: پیستون |
 Finnish: mäntä |
 French: piston |
 Hebrew: בּוּכנָה |
 Hindi: पिस्टन, मुसली |
 Croatian: klip |
 Hungarian: dugattyú |
 Indonesian: piston |
 Icelandic: stimpill |
 Italian: pistone |
 Japanese: ピストン |
 Korean: 피스톤 |
 Lithuanian: stūmoklis |
 Latvian: virzulis |
 Malay: omboh |
 Dutch: zuiger |
 Norwegian: stempel |
 Polish: tłok |
 Persian: پیستون |
 Pashto: پسټون ( لنډاستوانه ) ماشي |
 Portuguese: pistão |
 Romanian: piston |
 Russian: поршень |
 Slovak: piest |
 Slovenian: bat |
 Serbian: klip |
 Swedish: pistong, kolv |
 Thai: ลูกสูบ |
 Turkish: piston |
 Taiwanese: 活塞 |
 Ukrainian: поршень |
 Urdu: پسٹن، متحرک ڈاٹ |
 Vietnamese: pittông, van đẩy |
 Chinese: 活塞 |
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