Piston

Word PISTON
Character 6
Hyphenation pis ton
Pronunciations /ˈpɪstən/

Definitions and meanings of "Piston"

What do we mean by piston?

A solid cylinder or disk that fits snugly into a larger cylinder and moves under fluid pressure, as in a reciprocating engine, or displaces or compresses fluids, as in pumps and compressors. noun

A valve mechanism in brass instruments for altering the pitch. noun

In machinery, a movable piece, generally of a cylindrical form, so fitted as to fill the sectional area of a tube, such as the barrel of a pump or the cylinder of a steam-engine, and capable of being driven alternately in two directions by pressure on one or the other of its sides. noun

In musical wind-instruments of the trumpet family, one of the forms of valve whereby a crook is temporarily added to the tube and the pitch of the tones altered. noun

In organ-building, a thumb-knob which may be pushed in like a piston, whereby some change in registration is pneumatically effected; a pneumatic coupler or combination knob. noun

The central retractile part of the acetabulum or sucker of a cephalopod, whose action in producing a vacuum resembles that of the piston of an air-pump. noun

A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes. noun

That part of a piston which is made fast to the piston rod. noun

A rod by which a piston is moved, or by which it communicates motion. noun

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. noun

A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump) noun

A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch noun

United States neoclassical composer (1894-1976) noun

Mechanical device that has a plunging or thrusting motion noun

A solid disk or cylinder that fits inside a hollow cylinder, and moves under pressure (as in an engine) or displaces fluid (as in a pump)

A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

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Double penetration sex, with one man fucking the girl in her vagina in and the other in the ass. They alternate thrusts to create a piston action, much like that of an engine. Urban Dictionary

N. A sexual maneuver between a man and a woman/pwn victim/Pruger in which the man retracts his testicles up into his lower stomach and then shoots out one testicle at a time, alternating testicles with each blast. This is an alternative form of The Shotgun. Urban Dictionary

A Sexual act similar to cave diving. The male not only sticks his head in the woman's vagina, but proceeds to climb entirely inside of her. Once inside of her he sticks his penis out of her vagina. Using his penis the girl goes and engages in intercourse with someone else. (The only downfall to this act is that a cesarean section will need to be performed in order for the guy to come out.) Urban Dictionary

N. A sexual maneuver between a man and a woman in which the man retracts his testicles up into his lower stomach and then shoots out one testicle at a time, alternating testicle with each blast. This is an alternative form of The Shotgun. Urban Dictionary

Similar to female on female scissoring, a Scissor Piston is the sexual act of two MALES scissoring. During the sexual act, each male interlocks taints and has his penis inserted into the other’s rectum while making a pumping piston action. Urban Dictionary

A person that has sex in return for a Happy Meal. Urban Dictionary

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The word "piston" in example sentences

But Black has size on his side and keeps forcing him against the ropes, getting in short piston blows into his ribs, which seem to move with a life of their own after the first blow. ❋ Josambro (2010)

(enquiry) bears upon the face of it the stopping (istanai) of the stream; and the word piston (faithful) certainly indicates cessation of motion; then, again, mneme (memory), as any one may see, expresses rest in the soul, and not motion. ❋ 427? BC-347? BC Plato (1855)

The type IV secretory system is an elaboration of the type II, except now the piston is a long filament, and that filament can stick to surfaces. ❋ Unknown (2006)

One part of the piston is a centrifugal piston which functions as a striking piston, whereas the other part is used for the transmission of drilling rods and compression air in order to blow clean the drilling hole. ❋ Unknown (1993)

That style of machine for moulding candles in which the candles are forced out at the top by means of a piston is the one most employed, and it is an apparatus of this kind that we illustrate herewith. ❋ Various (N/A)

The piston, which is very long, rubs at its upper end against the sides of the cylinder, C. ❋ Various (N/A)

As, however, the piston is the only movable part, the force of the steam is directed to that part, and the motion is then transmitted to the crank, and to the shaft of the engine. ❋ J. S. Zerbe (N/A)

The piston is a single casting unusually long and light, and is packed with four spring rings of 3/8 inch square brass wire. ❋ Joshua Rose (N/A)

"Johnson's right upper-cut is described as the piston of an ocean greyhound making twenty-seven knots," said the man, taking no notice of the answer, and speaking in awestruck tones. ❋ Henry W. Nevinson (1900)

There is a sort of stem coming up from the middle of the piston, called the piston rod, which is to draw up the piston, and to press it down by. ❋ Jacob Abbott (1841)

However, it has been my thinking that small solar thermal systems could be devised; where solar concentrators focus photons on one piston of a Sterling engine and a cold water cycle cools the other piston which is pi/2 out of phase with the hot piston. ❋ Unknown (2010)

New Scientist reports that Ian Edmonds, an environmental consultant with Solartran in Brisbane, Australia, has designed a giant engine with a balloon as its 'piston'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I will acknowledge that the larger "piston" bore should allow a slightly increased amount of work with the same pressures as a 308. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It is also used to make car engine parts that must be very strong, such as piston rods and crank shafts. ❋ Unknown (2008)

"the distance traveled by the piston is the versed sine of an angle formed by a line from the center of the crank pin, in any part of its stroke to the center of the circle described by the crank pin, leaving out of the calculation the angular vibration of the connecting rod." ❋ Various (N/A)

The blocks are compressed by a vertical stroke piston which is operated mechanically by a cam, achieving a maximum pressure of 8 N/mm². ❋ Unknown (1988)

I have applied the same kind of piston to ordinary water-pumps, with similar excellent results. ❋ Nasmyth, James (1885)

The squid-ink linguini, miso seared shrimp and scallop with ginger gastrique and lemon grass sesame "piston" plate and on the right the tuna tartar with coriander wonton bowl, yuzu mint vinaigrette daikon and cucumber microdiced salad plate. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He has [a long] piston ❋ Toxicvic (2019)

[you're a] [complete] piston ❋ Mandy (2004)

[Eww] you like him he a piston. ❋ Jada I (2006)

The [Detroit Pistons] are [the greatest] [team] around ❋ Josh123456789 (2007)

"You take her in the ass, [I'll take] her in [the pussy] and we'll [piston] her" ❋ Color Rot (2009)

The NBA team The [Detroit Pistons] got its name because the founder of [the franchise] could use The Piston with extreme speed and [accuracy]. ❋ MC Derf (2008)

[Friend 1]: Did you hear about [Jessica]? Friend 2:No what happened? Friend1: Her and Jack did [the piston]! ❋ The Pistonator (2014)

The NBA team The [Detroit Pistons] got its name because the founder of [the franchise] could use The Piston with extreme speed and [accuracy]. ❋ MC Derf (2008)

I walked in on a couple dudes doing a little Scissor Piston in the bathroom at the rave Friday night. They were squeezing each other’s nut [sacks] [like turkey] basters as they [pumped] away! ❋ Panama Pucker (2022)

She proposed [the skin] [piston] with a burger, [fry], and a small drink. ❋ Ronbo1977 (2011)

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