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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English valve, from Latin valva. Doublet of valva.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
valve (plural valves)
- A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
- shut off the valve
- open the valve
- 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 control the flow in the opposite direction
- the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves
- One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash.
- (Britain) 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, such 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]
- aortic valve
- atrioventricular valve
- bicuspid valve
- exhaust valve
- heart valve
- ileocecal valve
- intake valve
- mitral valve
- non-return valve: see: non-return
- pulmonary valve
- pulmonic valve
- safety valve
- semilunar valve
- toggle valve
- tricuspid valve
- triple valve
- valved
- valveless
- valve oil
- valve snail
- valvoplasty
- vein valve
Translations[edit]
device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
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device in an internal combustion engine
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in anatomy
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vacuum tube — see vacuum tube
Descendants[edit]
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.
Anagrams[edit]
Estonian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)
Declension[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
valve
Declension[edit]
Inflection of valve (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | valve | valveet | |
genitive | valveen | valveiden valveitten | |
partitive | valvetta | valveita | |
illative | valveeseen | valveisiin valveihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | valve | valveet | |
accusative | nom. | valve | valveet |
gen. | valveen | ||
genitive | valveen | valveiden valveitten | |
partitive | valvetta | valveita | |
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 |
Possessive forms of valve (type hame) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | valveeni | valveemme |
2nd person | valveesi | valveenne |
3rd person | valveensa |
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
valve f (plural valves)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “valve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
valve f
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