Search Result for "piston ring":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Piston ring \Pis"ton ring\ (Mach.) A spring packing ring, or any of several such rings, for a piston. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

piston ring n 1: seal consisting of a split metal ring that seals the gap between a piston and the cylinder wall