valve
See also: Valve
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin valva.
Pronunciation
Noun
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 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.
- (British) 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
Translations
device that controls flow of 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
- → Thai: วาล์ว (waao)
Verb
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- (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.
Anagrams
Estonian
Etymology
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Noun
valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish
Noun
valve
- The state of being awake.
Declension
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 | ||
abessive | valveetta | valveitta | ||
instructive | — | valvein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Antonyms
Derived terms
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin valva.
Pronunciation
Noun
valve f (plural valves)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “valve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
valve f
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