piston

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Because their rivals believe they have found a way of exploiting the rule restricting the compression ratio - a measurement of the cylinder displacement between the two extremes of the piston stroke - to 16:1.

From BBC

The compression ratio is a measurement of the cylinder displacement between the two extremes of the piston stroke.

From BBC

The higher forces, in turn, would require thicker piston crowns, shortened connecting rods and thicker wrist pins.

From The Wall Street Journal

It was also blended into gasoline to improve engine performance by preventing pistons from "knocking."

From Science Daily

At least Honda is acknowledging the emotional vacancy left from the absence of pistons, flame and fuel, and making an effort to fill it.

From The Wall Street Journal