piston
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A spark ignites a fuel-air mix, pushing down the piston.
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
Many municipalities across the country have banned two-stroke leaf blowers—so named because a piston in a leaf blower engine makes two movements instead of four, as in a car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
Flowing spaces open with double-height spaces, subtle level changes and large openings like skylights, clerestory windows, balconies, and even a spot where an entire section of roof pivots open thanks to a large piston.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2025
This pump had a piston that fitted snugly in a tube.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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
If the workings of his engine were carefully concealed, you could see the pistons pumping and sparks flying when Nadal took to court.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2024
They had merely switched the fuel that moved the pistons.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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