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Valve
valv
Valve definitions
noun
valve
valves
- a device for controlling the passage of fluid or air through a pipe, duct, etc., especially an automatic device allowing movement in one direction only
"a valve shuts off the flow from the boiler when the water is hot enough"
- a cylindrical mechanism in a brass instrument which, when depressed or turned, admits air into different sections of tubing and so extends the range of available notes
- a membranous fold in a hollow organ or tubular structure, such as a blood vessel or the digestive tract, which maintains the flow of the contents in one direction by closing in response to any pressure from reverse flow
"the aortic valve"
- each of the halves of the hinged shell of a bivalve mollusc or brachiopod, or of the parts of the compound shell of a barnacle
- each of the halves or sections into which a dry fruit (especially a pod or capsule) dehisces