Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

piston valve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.38 in modern English

Syllables: pis-ton -valve
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A valve which uses a hollow or double piston sliding in a cylinder to direct fluid along one of two paths

Example Sentences

"We already know that a balanced slide valve requires about half as much power to move it as an unbalanced valve, but the piston valve requires only about half as much as the balanced valve."
"The three cylinders of these engines are 18½ in. dia. by 26 in. stroke; and as the three piston valves were all between the frames, it resulted in the monoblock casting being weak, so far as the centre cylinder was concerned, with the result that the life of these castings left a good deal to be desired."
"Piston valves move up and down by means of a spring lining up holes or wind ways in the piston with holes in additional lengths of tubing."

Inflected Forms

piston valves (plural)

Questions

What does piston valve mean?: A valve which uses a hollow or double piston sliding in a cylinder to direct fluid along one of two paths

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