piton
pronunciation
How to pronounce piton in British English:
UK [ˈpi:tɒn]
How to pronounce piton in American English:
US [ˈpitɑn]
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- Noun:
- a metal spike with a hole for a rope; mountaineers drive it into ice or rock to use as a hold
Word Origin
- piton (n.)
- 1898, from French piton "hook, peak of a mountain, piton, eyebolt," in Old French "nail, hook," from Vulgar Latin root *pitt- "point, peak" [Barnhart].
Example
- 1. Well , if there is snow , you have to bring with you crampons , an ice axe , ice piton and snow goggles .
- 2. an oblong metal ring with a spring clip ; used in mountaineering to attach a rope to a piton or to connect two ropes .
- 3. Furthermore , because the manufacturing errors produce that the piston and the piton hole have certain ellipse so that the radial gap of piston friction pairs is unequal , the widening bit by bit flow gap can exist in the flow field so as to push the piston to move toward some direction and lead to the chucking phenomenon .
- 4. A new way of exchange between rotation and reciprocating motion through planetary driving was introduced , which was different from the one realized by piton pump moving with cam , brace and link .