Definition of Piston rod

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

Generic synonyms: Connecting Rod
Group relationships: Piston, Plunger

Definition of Piston rod

1. Noun. a rod or bar in an engine that connects a piston to a crosshead ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Piston Rod

pistolets
pistolier
pistoliers
pistoling
pistolled
pistolling
pistols
pistols at dawn
piston
piston chamber
piston engine
piston engines
piston pulse
piston ring
piston rings
piston rod (current term)
piston rods
pistonlike
pistons
pistou
pistous
pistrinum supper
pit
pit-a-pat
pit-a-pats
pit-adder
pit-eye
pit-run gravel
pit-yacker
pit-yackers

Literary usage of Piston rod

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

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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