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• valve´like´ — valve «valv», noun, verb, valved, valv|ing. –n. 1. a movable part that controls the flow of a liquid or gas through a pipe or out of an enclosed space by opening or closing the passage. A faucet contains a valve. 2. a part of the body that works… …   Useful english dictionary

• valve — ► NOUN 1) a device for controlling the passage of fluid through a pipe or duct. 2) a cylindrical mechanism to vary the effective length of the tube in a brass musical instrument. 3) Anatomy & Zoology a membranous fold which allows blood or other… …   English terms dictionary

• valve — valveless, adj. valvelike, adj. /valv/, n., v., valved, valving. n. 1. any device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas, or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc. 2. a hinged lid or other movable part that… …   Universalium

• Valve — This article is about the flow control device. For the game developer, see Valve Corporation. For the electronic component, see Vacuum tube. For other uses, see Valve (disambiguation). These water valves are operated by handles. A valve is a… …   Wikipedia

• Valve gear — The valve gear of a steam engine is the mechanism that operates the inlet and exhaust valves to admit steam into the cylinder and allow exhaust steam to escape, respectively, at the correct points in the cycle. It is sometimes referred to as the… …   Wikipedia

• valve — [[t]vælv[/t]] n. v. valved, valv•ing 1) any device for halting or controlling the flow of something, as a liquid, through a pipe or other passage 2) a hinged lid or other movable part that closes or modifies the passage in such a device 3) a… …   From formal English to slang

• valve — [14] The etymological notion underlying valve is of a door opening and closing. The word was adapted from Latin valva, which denoted one of the sections of a folding or revolving door, and may have had links with volvere ‘roll’ (source of English …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• valve — [14] The etymological notion underlying valve is of a door opening and closing. The word was adapted from Latin valva, which denoted one of the sections of a folding or revolving door, and may have had links with volvere ‘roll’ (source of English …   Word origins

• valve — /vælv / (say valv) noun 1. any device for closing or modifying the passage through a pipe, outlet, inlet, or the like, in order to control the flow of liquids, gases, etc. 2. a hinged lid or other movable part in such a device, which closes or… …  

• valve — n. 1 a device for controlling the passage of fluid through a pipe etc., esp. an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only. 2 Anat. & Zool. a membranous part of an organ etc. allowing a flow of blood etc. in one direction only. 3… …   Useful english dictionary

• valve — noun 1》 a device for controlling the passage of fluid through a pipe or duct, especially an automatic device which allows movement in one direction only. 2》 a cylindrical mechanism to vary the effective length of the tube in a brass musical… …   English new terms dictionary