piezo
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piezo (not comparable)
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Of or relating to a kind of ignition, used in portable camping stoves etc., where pressing a button causes a small spring-loaded hammer to strike a crystal of PZT or quartz, creating a voltage which ignites the gas.
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According to the official NATO proofing guidelines the 5.56×45mm NATO case can handle up to convert piezo service pressure.
In a demonstration at the Material Vision Fair in Frankfurt in November 2005, a team from TU Darmstadt in Germany showed several panels that were hit with a rubber mallet, and the panel with the piezo element immediately stopped swinging.
Some snowboards incorporate the use of more exotic materials such as carbon fiber, Kevlar, aluminium (as a honeycomb core structure), and have incorporated piezo dampers.
Piezoelectric, or piezo, pickups represent another class of pickup.
Reduction of vibrations and noise Different teams of researchers have been investigating ways to reduce vibrations in materials by attaching piezo elements to the material.
Some guitars have piezo pickups, in addition to or instead of magnetic pickups. citation Some guitars have a fixed bridge (3.4).