- A
piston is a
component of
reciprocating engines,
reciprocating pumps, gas compressors,
hydraulic cylinders and
pneumatic cylinders,
among other similar...
- The
Detroit Pistons are an
American professional basketball team
based in Detroit. The
Pistons compete in the
National Basketball ****ociation (NBA) as...
-
PistonHeads is a London, UK
based online motoring community and
premium car marketplace,
featuring the
latest automotive news and reviews,
active discussion...
- A
piston ring is a
metallic split ring that is
attached to the
outer diameter of a
piston in an
internal combustion engine or
steam engine. The main functions...
-
Walter Hamor Piston, Jr. (January 20, 1894 –
November 12, 1976), was an
American composer of
classical music,
music theorist, and
professor of
music at...
- Look up
piston in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A
piston is an
engineering component of
engines and pumps.
Piston(s) may also
refer to:
Misnomer for...
- In a
piston engine, a
piston rod
joins a
piston to the
crosshead and thus to the
connecting rod that
drives the
crankshaft or (for
steam locomotives) the...
- In optics,
piston is the mean
value of a
wavefront or
phase profile across the
pupil of an
optical system. The
piston coefficient is
typically expressed...
- The
piston (Breton:
pistoñ,
English phonetic "pist-on") is a type of oboe
invented by
Breton musician, teacher, and
luthier Youenn Le
Bihan in 1983. The...
- A
piston pump is a type of
positive displacement pump
where the high-pressure seal
reciprocates with the
piston.
Piston pumps can be used to move liquids...
