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valve::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | complex body part, structure, anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure |
| Has types | valvelet, cardiac valve, heart valve, ileocecal valve, valvule, valvula |
| Derivation | valvelet, valvular |
valve::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | controller, control |
| Has types | accelerator, ball valve, butterfly valve, choke, clack, clack valve, clapper valve, escape, escape cock, escape valve, exhaust valve, intake valve, poppet, poppet valve, relief valve, safety valve, slide valve, throttle, throttle valve |
| Derivation | valvelet, valvular |
valve::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | device |
| Derivation | valvelet |
valve::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shell |
valve::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | shell |
Examples of valve
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A rotary drive sprinkler with flow control and shut off valve in nozzle housing.
From the orlandosentinel.com
County officials think a surge valve failed or an interconnection was left open.
From the news-journalonline.com
Ryan met with a man from the FAA who claimed that a valve in the plane misfired.
From the freep.com
It consists of two circular stickers, each with a miniature valve in the middle.
From the latimes.com
More than 50,000 people a year undergo open-heart surgery to replace that valve.
From the suntimes.com
On Friday, Shell divers closed the relief valve from which oil had been seeping.
From the theepochtimes.com
By the time she was 20, both her mitral valve and her aortic valve had hardened.
From the sciencedaily.com
She saw Dubin a week ago as a follow-up to heart valve surgery she had recently.
From the freep.com
David began performing life-saving surgery on Ian using Scott's new heart valve.
From the buffalonews.com
- A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
- Device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
- Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
- The entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
- One of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
- (valved) (of brass instruments) having valves
- A valve is a device that regulates the flow of a fluid (gases, liquids, fluidized solids, or slurries) by opening, closing, or partially obstructing various passageways. Valves are technically pipe fittings, but are usually discussed as a separate category. ...
- Valve Corporation is an American video game development and digital distribution company based in Bellevue, Washington, U.S. that was founded in 1996, and made famous by its first product, Half-Life, which was released in November 1998, and by its distribution software, Steam. ...
- A heart valve normally allows blood to flow through it in only one direction. There are four in a mammalian heart and they determine the pathway of blood flow through the heart. A heart valve opens or closes depending on the different pressures on each side of it.
