piston
Example Sentences
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The higher forces, in turn, would require thicker piston crowns, shortened connecting rods and thicker wrist pins.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026
"A lot of piston aircraft can't use leaded fuel in the future so they're looking for alternatives and ways we can decarbonise the lower end of aviation," he says.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2025
Mexican components often constitute 40% of U.S.-made vehicles, said Ebrard, who cited the example of an auto piston that might cross the border seven times.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025
The piston cores were taken inside pockmarks and at background sites adjacent to but outside of the pockmarks for comparison.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2024
The boiler is on the left, with the piston rising vertically out of it and connected to the rocking arm.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
