valve
verbEtymology From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.
1
To control (flow) by means of a valve.
valve
noun/ˈvælv/
Etymology From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.
9 senses
- 1A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid…
- 2Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder…
- 3One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds…
- 4One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
- 5A vacuum tube.
- 6One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally…
- 7A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a…
- 8One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
- 9One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
1
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
- open the valve
- close the valve
2 more examples
- shut off the valve
- An oil refinery has an impressively vast number and variety of valves.
2
Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
- Near-synonym: poppet valve
- In nearly all internal combustion engines, the valves are of the poppet type.
3
Anatomy, Medicine, Sciences One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.
- the ileocecal valve
- the atrioventricular valves
4
One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
5
UK A vacuum tube.
8
Biology, Natural sciences One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
9
Biology, Natural sciences One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
- Derived terms
98 terms
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