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Definition of Piston rod

1. Noun. Connecting rod that moves or is moved by a piston.

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Piston Rod

pistolets pistolier pistoliers pistoling pistolled pistolling pistols pistol grip pistol shrimp piston

piston pistons piston chamber piston pulse piston ring piston rod (current term) pistou pistous Pisum Pisum arvense

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Literary usage of Piston rod

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1. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1887)
"The drawings show a detached piston-rod, and all the co-operative devices are conformed and adjusted to a detached rod, such, as the long sleeve in the ..."

2. South African Journal of Science by South African association for the advancement of science (1904)
"To the upper end of the piston-rod is screwed a thrust plate G, through which pass three studs, screwed into another thrust plate, H. Between the thrust ..."

3. A Manual of Marine Engineering: Comprising the Designing, Construction, and by Albert Edward Seaton (1886)
"piston rod Guides.—The pressure on the piston is transmitted through the piston-rod to the connecting-rod, and the reaction of the latter rod acts in the ..."

4. The Mechanical Engineering of Power Plants by Frederick Remsen Hutton (1897)
"Steam is admitted through a hollow piston-rod to a place on the bottom of the ... The Piston-rod.—The piston-rod has to transmit the motion of the piston to ..."

5. Elementary Treatise on Physics Experimental and Applied by Adolphe Ganot (1879)
"A. piston rod connected with a parallel motion, and serving to transmit to the beam the upward and downward motion of the piston. ..."

6. Elementary Treatise on Physics Experimental and Applied by Adolphe Ganot (1879)
"A. piston rod connected with a parallel motion, and serving to transmit to the beam the upward and downward motion of the piston. ..."

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