piston

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See also: Piston and pistón

English

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A simplified animation of a piston reciprocating.
Piston

Etymology

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From French piston.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Verb

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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.

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Finnish

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Noun

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piston

  1. genitive singular of pisto

French

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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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.

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Descendants

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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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piston (first-person possessive pistonku, second-person possessive pistonmu, third-person possessive pistonnya)

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

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French piston.

Noun

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piston n (plural pistoane)

  1. piston
  2. (music) piston

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Welsh

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Etymology

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From English piston.

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piston m (plural pistonau or pistynau)

  1. (mechanics) piston
    Synonyms: pillffon, ceuffon

References

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  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