Meanings
nounpiston rod (plural piston rods)
plural piston rods
- A rod or bar in an engine that connects a piston to a crosshead.
The cylinder barrels are lubricated by non-atomised feeds introduced at top and bottom. The remaining non-atomised feeds are to the piston rod packing and the valve spindle rear bush.
1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 211
Translations
Bulgarian мотовилка, биела
- мотовилка (motovilka)rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead
- биела (biela)rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead
Latvian virzuļa pirksts
- virzuļa pirkstsrod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead
Māori tāuhu kōkeke
- tāuhu kōkekerod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead
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