valve en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈvælv/
Etymology
From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.
Meanings
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A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
shut off the valve
close the valve
An oil refinery has an impressively vast number and variety of valves.
open the valve
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A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum. ▸ Such a device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
In nearly all internal combustion engines, the valves are of the poppet type.
Near-synonym: poppet valve
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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 atrioventricular valves
the ileocecal valve
- One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
- (UK) A vacuum tube.
- One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
- A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
- One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
- One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| valves | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stop valve · valve of Kerckring · Wade-Dahl-Till valve · epivalve · non-return valve · flapper valve · Kingston valve · intake valve · nanovalve · ileocecal valve · pulmonic valve · valvelike · spit valve · swing check valve · univalve · vein valve · Tulpius valve · overhead valve · bicuspid valve · valve amplifier · aortic valve · valvoplasty · hypovalve · valviform · return valve · Tulp's valve · poppet valve · pulmonary valve · clack valve · Thebesian valve · Eustachian valve · trivalve · valveman · bag valve mask · valide trombone · safety valve · screw valve · butterfly valve · snifting valve · Bauhin's valve · valve timing · foot valve · mitral valve · valve oil · dry pipe valve · equivalve · valve snail · valver · blow valve · quinquevalve · jockey valve · slide valve · continuous variable valve timing · check valve · retaining valve · D valve · electrovalve · Fleming valve · pressure valve · pyloric valve · spring valve · quadrivalve · valvate · vacuum valve · pump valve · sequential valve timing · multivalve · variable valve timing · valvelet · Douglas valve · choke valve · ileocaecal valve · relief valve · exhaust valve · tail valve · demand valve · escape valve · safety-valve · valval · ball valve · tricuspid valve · toggle valve · nonvalve · valve train · scum valve · valvar · triple valve · leaf valve · gate valve · suction valve · needle valve · reversing valve · head valve · valveless · valvectomy · semilunar valve · piston valve · colic valve · puppet valve · plug valve · microvalve · valvetrain · throttle valve · French valve · side valve · dry valve · sluice valve · valved · valve of Thebesius · thermionic valve · valve of Varolius · valve gear · heart valve · pilot valve · inlet valve · freeze valve · atrioventricular valve · snifter valve
Descendants
Synonyms
Translations (179)
lv ventilis (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · bg кла́па (in anatomy) · ast válvula (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · cs chlopeň (in anatomy) · ka დარაბა (device in an internal combustion engine) · ka სარქველი (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · pl zastawka (in anatomy) · cy falf (device in an internal combustion engine) · ms injap (device in an internal combustion engine) · km សន្ទះបិទបើក (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · el βαλβίδα (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · kk қақпақша (in anatomy) · da ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · cy falf (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fr valvule (in anatomy) · te కవాటము (in anatomy) · arz محبس (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · gd cìochag (in anatomy) · id klep (device in an internal combustion engine) · bn কপাটক (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · yue 閥門 /阀门 (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ar صِمَام (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · sv ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · be кла́пан (in anatomy) · hu szelep (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · nl klep (device in an internal combustion engine) · az valf (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ru ве́нтиль (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · te కవాటము (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · hy կափույր (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · pl zawór (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · uk ве́нтиль (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · id katup (device in an internal combustion engine) · nn ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · nn ventil (device in an internal combustion engine) · ro valvă (in anatomy) · gd duilleag-dhoras (in anatomy) · it valvola (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fa-ira شیر (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · hi वाल्व (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · hy փական (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fi venttiili (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · tr kapak (in anatomy) · kxn nganga (in anatomy) · et klapp (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · id injap (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fi venttiili (device in an internal combustion engine) · ur والْو (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ja 弁膜 (in anatomy) · bo ཕུ་འགྲོ (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · es válvula (in anatomy) · az klapan (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · sv klaff (in anatomy) · gd cìochag (device in an internal combustion engine) · sw valvu (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · nl ventiel (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · de Armatur (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · uz klapan (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · nb ventil (device in an internal combustion engine) · id pentil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · yue 瓣膜 (in anatomy) · sl ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fr soupape (device in an internal combustion engine) · ga comhla (in anatomy) · kk қақпақша (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · uk кла́пан (in anatomy) · mk вентил (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ta அடைப்பிதழ் (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · de Schieber (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ca vàlvula (device in an internal combustion engine) · ms injap (in anatomy) · af ventiel (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · mel nganga (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · de Ventil (device in an internal combustion engine) · pt valva (in anatomy) · ru кла́пан (in anatomy) · th ลิ้น (device in an internal combustion engine) · id katup (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · te కొలిమితిత్తి యొక్క మూత (device in an internal combustion engine) · th วาล์ว (device in an internal combustion engine) · kmr derîçe (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · th ลิ้น (in anatomy) · lv vārsts (device in an internal combustion engine) · eo valvo (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · sk ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · gd pìob-chòmhla (device in an internal combustion engine) · arz بلف (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ru кла́пан (device in an internal combustion engine) · bo གཅུས་འགོག (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · pt válvula (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · nb klaff (in anatomy) · ru кла́пан (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · vi van (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · tl tudlang (device in an internal combustion engine) · nb ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fi läppä (in anatomy) · es válvula (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · gl válvula (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · pt válvula (in anatomy) · sh вѐнтӣл (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · be ве́нтыль (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · gd cìochag (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · gd pìob-chòmhla (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · et ventiil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · de Klappe (in anatomy) · fa-ira دَریچِه (in anatomy) · pt válvula (device in an internal combustion engine) · tr supap (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · skp nganga (in anatomy) · cmn 閥門 /阀门 (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · nrf cliavette (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ast válvula (in anatomy) · de Ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · is ventill (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · de Hahn (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · kk қысымтығын (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · eu balbula (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fr soupape (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · th วาล์ว (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · id katup (in anatomy) · es llave (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ms injap (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · et klapp (device in an internal combustion engine) · be вэнты́ль (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ca vàlvula (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · cs ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ar صِمَام (in anatomy) · gd pìob-chòmhla (in anatomy) · hu valvula (in anatomy) · pl zawór (device in an internal combustion engine) · gl válvula (in anatomy) · tr valf (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ja バルブ (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ko 판막 (in anatomy) · sk chlopňa (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · lod ngangah (in anatomy) · ru задви́жка (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · cs ventil (device in an internal combustion engine) · ca vàlvula (in anatomy) · ro ventil (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ko 밸브 (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · id klep (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · fr clapet (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · tl balbula (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · kmr derîçe (in anatomy) · th ลิ้น (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · sq kllapë (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · sh vèntīl (device in an internal combustion engine) · mk залисток (in anatomy) · sv ventil (device in an internal combustion engine) · eo valvo (in anatomy) · lv krāns (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · cy falf (in anatomy) · bg венти́л (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · be кла́пан (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ka სარქველი (device in an internal combustion engine) · tl tudlang (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · uk кла́пан (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · sh вѐнтӣл (device in an internal combustion engine) · bg кла́пан (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · tl palaypay-butas (in anatomy) · sh vèntīl (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · mel nganga (in anatomy) · mel nganga (device in an internal combustion engine) · tr supap (device in an internal combustion engine) · si වෑල්ව (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · cmn 瓣膜 (in anatomy) · io valvo (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · de Wasserhahn (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ru засло́нка (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · pl wentyl (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · tr vana (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · hu billentyű (in anatomy) · he שַׁסְתּוֹם (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · lt sklendė (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · tr sibop (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · bg кла́пан (device in an internal combustion engine) · es grifón (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid) · ky клапан (device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid)