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Definition of Valve

Valve A door; especially, one of a pair of folding doors, or one of the leaves of such a door. A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. 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. One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. Related Definitions: Allow, An, And, Aperture, Applied, As, Barberry, Bivalve, But, By, Capsule, Cavity, Certain, Close, Contents, Cover, Diatom, Direction, Door, Escape, Especially, Falling, Flow, Fluid, Folding, Ileocolic, In, Into, It, Leaves, Lid, Lifting, Like, Membranous, Mitral, More, Movement, Multivalve, Naturally, Of, One, Open, Opposite, Or, Pair, Passage, Permit, Plug, Pollen, Portion, Prevent, Retard, Semilunar, Shell, Similar, Sliding, Small, So, Stop, Such, Swinging, That, The, To, Trapdoor, Turning, Two, Vessel, When, Which, Will

Valve Quotations I don't believe in life after death. But I do believe in some grinding destiny that watches over us on earth. If I didn't, the safety valve would give and the boiler would explode. Hedy Lamarr If we know there is enough money in there for nine or ten months, we won't worry too much. They can come back and get more-not all they want, but a large piece of it. So you always have the supplemental as a safety valve. John William McCormack I can tell you where I was when Kennedy was shot - which was in the common room at school. I heard about it on the old valve radio. At the time of Armstrong's landing, I was at university rehearsing a play. Sam Neill The wings are moved several times by hand to charge the crank chamber with mixture, which flows on through the external pipe and inlet valve to the compression space and cylinder. Lawrence Hargrave Laughter is the valve on the pressure cooker of life. Either you laugh and suffer, or you got your beans or brains on the ceiling. Wavy Gravy

Valve Translations valve in Danish is ventil valve in Dutch is schuif, klep valve in French is soupape, clapet valve in Italian is valvola, valvola valve in Norwegian is ventil valve in Swedish is ventil

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