piston
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The hope is that eventually such a drone could fly farther and run quieter than one powered by a piston engine.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
A startup called LiquidPiston has spent more than a decade developing a new kind of rotary engine—including the X Mini shown here—that it says can be both more efficient and compact than traditional piston engines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
The temperature contrast drives a piston, which in turn produces mechanical energy.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 27, 2026
The compression ratio is a measurement of the cylinder displacement between the two extremes of the piston stroke.
From BBC ● Feb. 18, 2026
He used an explosion to drive the air out of a cylinder through a valve; then, when the hot gases cooled, a piston was sucked downwards, raising a weight.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
"They were equipped with a metal saw and cut through the pistons that held the frames of Renoir's works," he said.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
The big turbo-edition comes with oil-cooled pistons and a nitrided crankshaft.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
It was also blended into gasoline to improve engine performance by preventing pistons from "knocking."
From Science Daily ● Feb. 7, 2026
The technology uses the bobbing floaters to compress pistons, which push hydraulic fluid into storage tanks located nearby on land.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2025
I started pounding with my fists, like little pistons.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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