Valve
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvælv/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Valve is a noun meaning A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
Meaning
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
More Meanings
- One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
- (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
- (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
- (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
- (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
- (anatomy) 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.
- (chiefly British) A vacuum tube.
Example Sentences
open the valve
close the valve
shut off the valve
the ileocecal valve
Word Forms
- valves
- valving
- valved
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include stopcock, faucet, sluice, tap, gate, lifeline.
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