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Definition of Piston ring
1. Noun. Seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall.
Definition of Piston ring
1. Noun. A ring or seal that fits around a piston, sealing between the piston and the bore in which it slides. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piston Ring
Literary usage of Piston ring
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"It Is important that a piston ring exert equal pressure or tension against the
cylinder wall at all points of its circumference and right here is one of the ..."
2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"2—A bandy device for testing and fitting the piston rings in cylinder. This device
consists of a round block of wood with handle on one end. The piston ring ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1910)
"A new piston ring should be tried at several points in its groove before putting
it over the piston, in order to determine whether it fits sidewise. ..."
4. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"CRANKSHAFT AND CRANKCASE PARTS Constructional Details of Pistons—Piston Forms—Wrist
Pin Retention Methods—piston ring Construction—Leak-Proof Ring*—Aluminum ..."
5. The Modern Gasoline Automobile: Its Design, Construction, Operation and by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1917)
"CHAPTER IV PISTONS, CRANKSHAFT AND CRANKCASE PARTS Constructional Details of
Pistons—Piston Forms—Wrist Pin Retention Methods—piston ring ..."
6. The Practice of Lubrication: An Engineering Treatise on the Origin, Nature by Thomas Christian Thomsen (1920)
"Only one piston ring is used, made from sheet brass or phosphor bronze and of "L"
shape as illustrated in Fig. 193. On the compression and the explosion ..."
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