valve
- IPA[valv]
美式
- a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc., especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only；short for thermionic tube
noun: valve, plural noun: valves
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- 1. a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc., especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only a valve shuts off the flow from the boiler when the water is hot enough
- ▪ short for thermionic tube
- ▪ a cylindrical mechanism in a brass instrument that, when depressed or turned, admits air into different sections of tubing and so extends the range of available notes.
- ▪ a membranous fold in a hollow organ or tubular structure, such as a blood vessel or the digestive tract, that maintains the flow of the contents in one direction by closing in response to any pressure from reverse flow.
- ▪ each of the halves of the hinged shell of a bivalve mollusk or brachiopod, or of the parts of the compound shell of a barnacle.
- ▪ each of the halves or sections into which a dry fruit (especially a pod or capsule) dehisces.
- a valve opening automatically to relieve excessive pressure, especially in a boiler.
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- a valve that opens automatically to relieve excessive pressure.
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- a valve consisting of a disk rotating on an axis across the diameter of a pipe to regulate the ...
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- a one-way valve that is opened and closed by pressure on a ball which fits into a cup-shaped ...
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- a one-way valve that is opened and closed by pressure on a ball which fits into a cup-shaped ...
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- each of a pair of valves in the heart, at the bases of the aorta and the pulmonary artery, ...
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- a valve that controls the escape of fluid or gas from a pipe, channel, or duct: the outlet valve was connected to a pump
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- a valve in the form of a cylinder which slides to cover and uncover an inlet or outlet.
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- a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc., especially an ... a valve shuts off the flow from the boiler when the water is hot enough
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