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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An adjustable split metal ring that fits around a piston and seals the gap between the piston and the cylinder wall.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A packing-ring; a ring, usually of cast-iron, brass, or steel, placed in a groove in a piston for the purpose of preventing the steam or gas from passing the piston.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Mach.) A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a piston.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
ring orseal that fits around apiston , sealing between the piston and thebore in which itslides .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall
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