Piston (disambiguation)
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A piston
is an engineering component of engines and pumps.
Piston (s) may also refer to:
Piston
A piston is a component of reciprocating engines, reciprocating pumps, gas compressors and pneumatic cylinders, among other similar mechanisms. It is the moving component that is contained by a cylinder and is made gas-tight by piston rings. In an engine, its purpose is to transfer force from...
is an engineering component of engines and pumps.
Piston (s) may also refer to:
Science and technology
- Piston (optics)Piston (optics)In optics, piston is the mean value of a wavefront or phase profile across the pupil of an optical system. The piston coefficient is typically expressed in wavelengths of light at a particular wavelength...
- Piston valvePiston valveA piston valve is a device used to control the motion of a fluid along a tube or pipe by means of the linear motion of a piston within a chamber or cylinder.Examples of piston valves are:...
- Fire pistonFire pistonA fire piston, sometimes called a fire syringe, is a device of ancient origin which is used to kindle fire. It uses the principle of the heating of a gas by its rapid compression to ignite a piece of tinder, which is then used to set light to kindling.-Description and use:A fire piston consists...
, an ancient device for kindling fire - Lake piston, an experimental renewable energy system
- Gas-operated reloadingGas-operated reloadingGas-operation is a system of operation used to provide energy to operate autoloading firearms. In gas-operation, a portion of high pressure gas from the cartridge being fired is used to power a mechanism to extract the spent case and chamber a new cartridge. Energy from the gas is harnessed...
, sometimes referred to as a gas piston.
People and groups
- Pist.OnPist.OnPist.On was a heavy metal band from Brooklyn, New York. The band released two albums in the 1990s.-Original members:...
, heavy metal band - Detroit PistonsDetroit PistonsThe Detroit Pistons are a franchise of the National Basketball Association based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. The team's home arena is The Palace of Auburn Hills. It was originally founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana as the Fort Wayne Pistons as a member of the National Basketball League in 1941, where...
, basketball team - Walter PistonWalter PistonWalter Hamor Piston Jr., , was an American composer of classical music, music theorist and professor of music at Harvard University whose students included Leroy Anderson, Leonard Bernstein, and Elliott Carter....
, American composer - Web PistonWeb PistonWeb Piston is a privately held organization that was started in Tampa Bay, Florida in 1998 by CEO, Ricardo Lasa.Web Piston is a Software & Web Hosting company that created and supports three major products/service,the Web Piston Site Builder, Web Piston I.C.E...
, a software and web hosting company
Other
- Piston (music)Piston (music)The piston is a type of oboe invented by Breton musician, teacher, and luthier Youenn Le Bihan in 1983. The piston is a contemporary development of the hautboy, classical and/or baroque oboe, influenced by the bombard or talabard, the traditional double reed instrument of Brittany...
, a type of oboe - Piston controls the combination actionCombination actionA combination action is a system designed to capture specific organ registrations to be recalled instantaneously by the player while he is playing. Because of this, it is also referred to as a capture system. It usually consists of several numbered pistons situated in the space between the manuals...
on a pipe organPipe organThe pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air through pipes selected via a keyboard. Because each organ pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre and volume throughout the keyboard compass...