valve
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin valva
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈvælv/
Noun [edit]
valve (plural valves)
- A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
- A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
- (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.
- (UK) A vacuum tube.
- (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
- (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry.
- (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
- (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
Derived terms [edit]
- exhaust valve
- heart valve
- vein valve
- ileocecal valve
- intake valve
- toggle valve
- valved
- valveless
- valve oil
- valvoplasty
Translations [edit]
device that controls flow of gas or fluid
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device in an internal combustion engine
in anatomy
vacuum tube — see vacuum tube
Verb [edit]
valve (third-person singular simple present valves, present participle valving, simple past and past participle valved)
- (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.
Estonian [edit]
Noun [edit]
valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)
Declension [edit]
- This Estonian noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish [edit]
Noun [edit]
valve
- The state of being awake.
Declension [edit]
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Declension of valve (type hame)
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Antonyms [edit]
Derived terms [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin valva.
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
valve f (plural valves)
Derived terms [edit]
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
valve f
- Plural form of valva
