piston

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Fortunately, they are free to test the physics machines — a series of wooden devices that demonstrate mechanical principles like how ball bearings and pistons work — that are available for hands-on interaction.

From Seattle Times

Hundreds of pneumatic pistons are then used to compress the plasma until the atoms fuse, generating massive amounts of heat.

From BBC

That fall, Richard and his dad took the cylinder heads off, lifted the engine block, removed the pistons, put on new rings, replaced the rods and bearings, adjusted the valves.

From Los Angeles Times

The piston rings may not have been properly heat-treated, which can cause engine damage, oil leaks and possible fires.

From Seattle Times

In a paper posted on the preprint server arXiv this month, researchers presented a system that uses neural cellular automata in 3D, and with 50 kinds of blocks, including some that act like pistons.

From Science Magazine