valve

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2 Translations 1.3 Verb 2 Finnish 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Declension 2.1.2 Antonyms 2.1.3 Derived terms 3 French 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Pronunciation 3.3 Noun 3.3.1 Derived terms 4 Italian 4.1 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin valva

[edit] Noun

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valve (plural valves)

1. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
2. A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
3. (anatomy) 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 retard the flow in the opposite direction; as, the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves.
4. (British) A vacuum tube.
5. (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
6. (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
7. (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
8. (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

[edit] Derived terms

• exhaust valve
• heart valve
• vein valve
• ileocecal valve
• intake valve
• toggle valve
• valved
• valveless
• valve oil
• valvoplasty

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to valve (third-person singular simple present valves, present participle valving, simple past and past participle valved)

1. (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Noun

valve

1. The state of being awake.

[edit] Declension

Declension of valve (type hame) singular plural nominative valve valveet genitive valveen valveiden valveitten partitive valvetta valveita accusative valve valveen valveet inessive valveessa valveissa elative valveesta valveista illative valveeseen valveisiin valveihin adessive valveella valveilla ablative valveelta valveilta allative valveelle valveille essive valveena valveina translative valveeksi valveiksi instructive – valvein abessive valveetta valveitta comitative – valveineen

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• uni

[edit] Derived terms

• olla valveilla

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Latin valva.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /valv/

[edit] Noun

valve f. (plural valves)

1. valve

[edit] Derived terms

• valve cardiaque

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

valve f.

1. Plural form of valva.