valve
See also: Valve
English
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Etymology
editFrom Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈvælv/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ælv
Noun
editvalve (plural valves)
- A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
- shut off the valve
- open the valve
- 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, or a window-sash.
- (British) 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
edit- aortic valve
- atrioventricular valve
- bag valve mask
- ball valve
- Bauhin's valve
- bicuspid valve
- blow valve
- butterfly valve
- check valve
- clack valve
- colic valve
- continuous variable valve timing
- demand valve
- D valve
- escape valve
- Eustachian valve
- exhaust valve
- flapper valve
- Fleming valve
- foot valve
- freeze valve
- gate valve
- heart valve
- ileocaecal valve
- ileocecal valve
- intake valve
- jockey valve
- Kingston valve
- leaf valve
- mitral valve
- needle valve
- non-return valve
- overhead valve
- pilot valve
- piston valve
- plug valve
- poppet valve
- pressure valve
- pulmonary valve
- pulmonic valve
- puppet valve
- pyloric valve
- relief valve
- retaining valve
- return valve
- reversing valve
- safety-valve
- safety valve
- screw valve
- scum valve
- semilunar valve
- sequential valve timing
- side valve
- slide valve
- snifting valve
- spring valve
- stop valve
- suction valve
- swing check valve
- tail valve
- Thebesian valve
- thermionic valve
- toggle valve
- tricuspid valve
- triple valve
- Tulpius valve
- Tulp's valve
- vacuum valve
- valved
- valveless
- valve of Kerckring
- valve of Thebesius
- valve of Varolius
- valve oil
- valve snail
- valve timing
- valve train
- valvoplasty
- variable valve timing
- vein valve
- Wade-Dahl-Till valve
Descendants
editTranslations
editdevice that controls the flow of a gas or fluid
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device in an internal combustion engine
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in anatomy
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vacuum tube — see vacuum tube
Verb
editvalve (third-person singular simple present valves, present participle valving, simple past and past participle valved)
- (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.
Anagrams
editEstonian
editEtymology
editNoun
editvalve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)
Declension
edit| Declension of valve (ÕS type 6/mõte, length gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | valve | valved | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | valve | ||
| genitive | valvete | ||
| partitive | valvet | valveid | |
| illative | valvesse | valvetesse valveisse | |
| inessive | valves | valvetes valveis | |
| elative | valvest | valvetest valveist | |
| allative | valvele | valvetele valveile | |
| adessive | valvel | valvetel valveil | |
| ablative | valvelt | valvetelt valveilt | |
| translative | valveks | valveteks valveiks | |
| terminative | valveni | valveteni | |
| essive | valvena | valvetena | |
| abessive | valveta | valveteta | |
| comitative | valvega | valvetega | |
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvalve
- awakeness; the state of being awake
- Synonym: hereillä olo
- Coordinate terms: uni (“sleep”), minimaalisen tietoisuuden tila (“state of minimal consciousness”), tiedottomuus (“unconsciousness”), vegetatiivinen tila (“vegetative state”), kooma (“coma”)
- olla valveilla ― to be awake
Declension
edit| 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 | |
| abessive | valveetta | valveitta | |
| instructive | — | valvein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “valve”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvalve f (plural valves)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “valve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvalve f
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