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piezo

piezo adjective: of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves etc., where pressing a button causes a small spring-loaded hammer to strike a crystal of PZT or quartz, creating a voltage which ignites the gas.

Adjective

piezo (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves etc., where pressing a button causes a small spring-loaded hammer to strike a crystal of PZT or quartz, creating a voltage which ignites the gas.

Origin of piezo

From the prefix piezo-.

Questions about piezo

What does piezo mean?
Piezo means of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves etc., where pressing a button causes a small spring-loaded hammer to strike a crystal of PZT or quartz, creating a voltage which ignites the gas.
What part of speech is piezo?
Piezo is an adjective.

Words near piezo in the dictionary

  1. pievish
  2. piewipe
  3. piewipes
  4. piewoman
  5. piewomen
  6. piezo
  7. piezo-
  8. piezoaccelerometer
  9. piezoaccelerometers
  10. piezoactive
  11. piezoactivity

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