valve
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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]
Translations[edit]
device that controls flow of gas or fluid
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device in an internal combustion engine
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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 noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish[edit]
Noun[edit]
valve
- The state of being awake.
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | valve | valveet | |
| accusative | zero? | valve | valveet |
| normal | valveen | ||
| genitive | valveen | valveiden valveitten |
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| partitive | valvetta | valveita | |
| inessive | valveessa | valveissa | |
| elative | valveesta | valveista | |
| illative | valveeseen | valveisiin valveihin |
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| 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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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
valve f (plural valves)
Derived terms[edit]
Italian[edit]
Noun[edit]
valve f
- plural form of valva
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