piston pin
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of piston pin
First recorded in 1895–1900
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The piston pin was locked in the piston by the usual set screw, but here no provision was made for the alternate practice of clamping the rod on the pin.
From The Wright Brothers' Engines and Their Design by Hobbs, Leonard S.
The piston pin is made of chrome nickel steel, bored hollow and hardened.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The piston pin of the Mercedes is of chrome nickel steel, and is retained in the piston by means of a set screw and cotter pin.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
This carries eight pins, to which the other rods are attached, and the main rod being rigid between the crank pin and piston pin determines the position of the pistons.
From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles
Riveted to the piston head is a conical diaphragm which contacts with the piston pin when in place and serves to carry the heat off the center of the piston.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
