<span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engines</span> plural of <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>...
by <span class="searchmatch">pistons</span> moving up and down within cylinders; many internal combustion <span class="searchmatch">engines</span> and many steam <span class="searchmatch">engines</span> have such a mechanism. reciprocating <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> gas...
reciprocating <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (plural reciprocating <span class="searchmatch">engines</span>) Synonym of <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>. <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> — see <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>...
opposed <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> opposed cylinder (not comparable) Pertaining to the opposed-<span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> / opposed-cylinder <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> OPOC (abbreviation) opposed cylinder...
the <span class="searchmatch">pistons</span> resembling a cob of corn. corncob <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (plural corncob <span class="searchmatch">engines</span>) (aviation, informal) An air-cooled multi-row radial <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> aircraft <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>...
changing the pitch opposed <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> opposed cylinder <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> <span class="searchmatch">pistoning</span> <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> ring <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> rod <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> valve trunk <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> solid disk or cylinder that...
also: internal-combustion <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> internal combustion <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (plural internal combustion <span class="searchmatch">engines</span>) A <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> or a rotary heat <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> directly powered by the...
steam-<span class="searchmatch">engine</span> steam <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (plural steam <span class="searchmatch">engines</span>) Any heat <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> that uses steam as its primary working fluid to do mechanical work. Hypernyms: <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> < device...
<span class="searchmatch">piston</span> rod (plural <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> rods) A rod or bar in an <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> that connects a <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> to a crosshead. 1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”,...
Stirling <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> Wikipedia Stirling <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> (plural Stirling <span class="searchmatch">engines</span>) A heat <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> of the external combustion <span class="searchmatch">piston</span> <span class="searchmatch">engine</span> type. type of heat <span class="searchmatch">engine</span>...