piston engine
noun
An engine, especially in an aircraft, in which power is derived from cylinders and pistons rather than a turbine.The combination is a small, low-pressure steam boiler feeding a piston engine or turbine....
- They replaced the old radial air-cooled and liquid-cooled engines with a high-compression piston engine.
- The basic design of the aviation piston engine hasn't changed drastically in decades.
Derivatives
piston-engined
- However, as time went by the piston-engined Trader started to become something of an antique.
- It had become the railways last big piston-engined aircraft, outlasting both DC - 3s as well as its Convair cousin.
- By February 1999, the number of aeroplanes she refueled at Ondangwa has risen to 74 jets and 52 piston-engined aircraft per month.
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