Defenition of the word valve
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Defenition of the word valve
- Device that controls the flow of a liquid through a passage or a pipe.
- Biological small structure letting a fluid pass through in one direction but blocking or slowing its flow down in the opposite direction.
- any mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
- device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
- a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
- control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
- one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
- the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
Meronymys for the word valve
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- brass
- handwheel
- heart
- pump
- ticker
Hyponyms for the word valve
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- accelerator
- ball valve
- butterfly valve
- cardiac valve
- choke
- clack
- clack valve
- clapper valve
- escape
- escape cock
- escape valve
- exhaust valve
- heart valve
- ileocecal valve
- intake valve
- poppet
- poppet valve
- relief valve
- safety valve
- slide valve
- throttle
- throttle valve
- valvelet
- valvula
- valvule
Hypernyms for the word valve
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- anatomical structure
- bodily structure
- body structure
- complex body part
- control
- controller
- device
- shell
- structure
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