piston

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See also: Piston and pistón

English

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A simplified animation of a piston reciprocating.
Piston

Etymology

From French piston.

Pronunciation

  • enPR: pĭs'tən, IPA(key): /ˈpɪstən/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪstən

Noun

piston (plural pistons)

  1. (mechanics) 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)
  2. (music) A valve device in some brass instruments for changing the pitch

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

piston (third-person singular simple present pistons, present participle pistoning, simple past and past participle pistoned)

  1. (intransitive) To move up and down or in and out like a piston.

Anagrams

Finnish

Noun

piston

  1. genitive singular of pisto

French

Etymology

16th century in the sense of "pestle", borrowed from Italian pistone (15th century), from Latin pistāre, from the root pīnsō (“to crush”).

Pronunciation

Noun

piston m (plural pistons)

  1. (mechanics) piston
  2. (colloquial) contact, connection
    Pour trouver un boulot par ici, il faut avoir des pistons.
    To get a job round here you need connections.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: pistó
  • → English: piston
  • → Greek: πιστόνι (pistóni)
  • → Romanian: piston

Further reading

Anagrams

Indonesian

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Etymology

From Dutch piston, from French piston, from Italian pistone (15th century), from Latin pistāre, from the root pīnsō (“I crush”).

Pronunciation

Noun

piston (uncountable)

  1. (engineering) piston.
    Synonyms: torak, seher

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French piston.

Noun

piston n (plural pistoane)

  1. piston
  2. (music) piston

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative piston pistonul pistoane pistoanele
genitive-dative piston pistonului pistoane pistoanelor
vocative pistonule pistoanelor

Welsh

Etymology

From English piston.

Pronunciation

Noun

piston m (plural pistonau or pistynau)

  1. (mechanics) piston
    Synonyms: pillffon, ceuffon

References

  1. R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “piston”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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