valve
See also: Valve
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvælv/
Noun
valve (plural valves)
- A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
- A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
- (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
- the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves
- One of the leaves of a folding door.
- (Britain) A vacuum tube.
- (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.
Derived terms
- aortic valve
- atrioventricular valve
- bicuspid valve
- exhaust valve
- heart valve
- ileocecal valve
- intake valve
- mitral valve
- non-return valve: see: non-return
- pulmonary valve
- pulmonic valve
- safety valve
- semilunar valve
- toggle valve
- tricuspid valve
- valved
- valveless
- valve oil
- valvoplasty
- vein valve
Translations
device that controls flow of gas or fluid
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device in an internal combustion engine
in anatomy
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vacuum tube — see vacuum tube
Descendants
- Thai: วาล์ว (waao)
Estonian
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Finnish
Declension
| Inflection of valve (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | valve | valveet | |
| genitive | valveen | valveiden valveitten | |
| partitive | valvetta | valveita | |
| illative | valveeseen | valveisiin valveihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valve | valveet | |
| accusative | nom. | valve | valveet |
| gen. | valveen | ||
| genitive | valveen | valveiden valveitten | |
| partitive | valvetta | valveita | |
| inessive | valveessa | valveissa | |
| elative | valveesta | valveista | |
| illative | valveeseen | valveisiin valveihin | |
| adessive | valveella | valveilla | |
| ablative | valveelta | valveilta | |
| allative | valveelle | valveille | |
| essive | valveena | valveina | |
| translative | valveeksi | valveiksi | |
| instructive | — | valvein | |
| abessive | valveetta | valveitta | |
| comitative | — | valveineen | |
Antonyms
Derived terms
- olla valveilla
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /valv/
audio (file)
Derived terms
- valve cardiaque
Further reading
- “valve” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
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