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inlet valve en · NOUN
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(in an internal combustion engine) A valve that lets fuel into a cylinder.
Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber.
1958 April 14, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
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(in a steam engine) A valve that lets steam into a cylinder.
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(of water) A valve that lets water into a cistern, or wherever it is required.
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