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A ring of rectangular section fitted in a circumferential groove in a piston and springing against the cylinder wall to prevent leakage.
It is cut through at one point of the circumference to create springiness and to allow for fitting,
Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)
