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piston engines

piston engines is the plural of piston engine.

Meaning of piston engine

Noun

piston engine (plural piston engines)

  1. Any of several types of engine having cylinders containing reciprocating pistons, in which a crankshaft is turned by pistons moving up and down within cylinders; many internal combustion engines and many steam engines have such a mechanism.

Questions about piston engines

What is piston engines the plural of?
Piston engines is the plural of piston engine.

Words near piston engines in the dictionary

  1. pistolwhipping
  2. pistolwhips
  3. pistolwise
  4. piston
  5. piston engine
  6. piston engines
  7. piston ring
  8. piston rings
  9. piston rod
  10. piston rods
  11. piston valve

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