piston : Idioms & Phrases

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cornet-a-piston

Cor"net-à-pis`ton noun (Also<
  • Cornet-a-piston
  • Cornet-à-piston
)
Etymology
F.
Wordforms
plural Cornets-à-piston
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.
Webster 1913

piston chamber

  • noun a chamber within which piston moves
    cylinder.
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Piston head

  • (Steam Eng.), that part of a piston which is made fast to the piston rod.
Webster 1913

piston ring

  • noun seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall
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Piston rod

  • noun connecting rod that moves or is moved by a piston
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  • a rod by which a piston is moved, or by which it communicates motion.
Webster 1913

Piston valve

  • (Steam Eng.), a slide valve, consisting of a piston, or connected pistons, working in a cylindrical case which is provided with ports that are traversed by the valve.
Webster 1913

walter piston

  • noun United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976)
    Piston.
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