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  • 21Piston valve — A 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: * The valves used in the valve gear of many stationary… …

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  • 22Piston rod — In a piston engine, a piston rod joins a piston to a connecting rod.Many internal combustion engines, and in particular all current automobile engines, do not have true piston rods, and the term piston rod is often used as a synonym for… …

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  • 23Engine control unit — An engine control unit (ECU) is an electronic control unit which controls various aspects of an internal combustion engine s operation. The simplest ECUs control only the quantity of fuel injected into each cylinder each engine cycle. More… …

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  • 24engine — noun 1 part of a vehicle that produces power ADJECTIVE ▪ big, powerful ▪ small ▪ twin engines ▪ a large plane with twin engines …

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  • 25piston engine — stūmoklinis variklis statusas T sritis Energetika apibrėžtis Įrenginys darbinės medžiagos energijai keisti kita stūmokliu, atliekančiu slenkamąjį ir grįžtamąjį judesį cilindre. atitikmenys: angl. piston engine vok. Kolbenmotor, m rus. поршневой… …

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  • 26engine type — Over the years of engine development, several types or configurations have been made. All of them relate to the position of the valves and the camshaft (s) that operates them. air cooled engine An engine which is not cooled by antifreeze but by… …

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  • 27piston charging pump — [1] The function of the piston of the two stroke engine to pre compress the fresh charge induced into the crankcase. [2] A separate piston used in earlier two stroke engine designs to provide a supercharging effect …

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  • 28piston — n. 1 a disc or short cylinder fitting closely within a tube in which it moves up and down against a liquid or gas, used in an internal combustion engine to impart motion, or in a pump to receive motion. 2 a sliding valve in a trumpet etc. Phrases …

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  • 29Piston — n. 1 a disc or short cylinder fitting closely within a tube in which it moves up and down against a liquid or gas, used in an internal combustion engine to impart motion, or in a pump to receive motion. 2 a sliding valve in a trumpet etc. Phrases …

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  • 30piston engine — A form of internal combustion engine. It is a heat engine in which the expansion of gas causes (by the explosion or a fuel and air mixture or the introduction of steam) a piston inside a cylinder to move and turn a crank shaft …

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