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A piston is pretty much the same wherever you find it. It's a cylindrical lump of metal that fits snugly inside a length a pipe, a cylinder. By creating a pressure on one side of the piston you can get it to move, to transfer force. Pistons are found in combustion engines, where the gasses from the burning fuel push the piston(s) down an power the engine. They're also found in braking systems. The brake pedal push down on one piston, creating pressure. The pressure moves through a pipe into the brake caliper, where anothe piston cause a brake pad to move and push against a moving surface. Pistons are also found in shocks, where the movement of the piston against an enclosed gas/liquid slows the movement of the vehicle down in a controlled manner.

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