piston

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Because their rivals believe they have found a way of exploiting the rule restricting the compression ratio - a measurement of the cylinder displacement between the two extremes of the piston stroke - to 16:1.

From BBC • Feb. 20, 2026

The piston faces have small, crescent-shaped reliefs into which the valves extend near the top dead center.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

Mexican components often constitute 40% of U.S.-made vehicles, said Ebrard, who cited the example of an auto piston that might cross the border seven times.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Many past attempts have featured metal rods inserted into lava, pushed by hand or by spring-loaded piston, or even fired into the lava like a spear, to estimate the viscosity of the flow.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2024

He decided to give Doc one of his finest pieces—the connecting rod and piston from a 1916 Chalmers.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck