valve

(Englisch)

Noun

1. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
2. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
3. 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.
4. One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
5. (British) A vacuum tube.
6. One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
7. A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
8. One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
9. One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

Verb

To control (flow) by means of a valve.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈvælv/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: valve

In summary

From Middle English valve, from Latin valva (“double door, valve”). Doublet of valva.

Konzepte

Ventil

Klappe

Hahn

Röhre

Luftklappenventil

Elektronenröhre

Radioröhre

Synonyme

tube

vacuum tube

flap

tap

plug

slide

electron tube

throttle

radio tube

faucet

cornhusk

cortex

crust

electronic tube

encrustation

envelope

✉️

flapper

fragment

gate

half shell

hull

husk

incrustation

inlet

intake

integument

investment

jacket

key

🔑

lamp

lap

leaflet

lid

liver

lobe

locker

mantle

mouth

mute

🔇

outlet

paring

passage

peel

petal

petcock

port

porthole

radio valve

register

rind

Übersetzungen

valvola

soupape

válvula

válvula

vàlvula

klep

βαλβίδα

ventiel

valve

vanne

zawór

clapet

supap

valvule

schuif

Sätze

Besson produces a four-valve non-compensating euphonium with the fourth valve on the side .

Besson produziert ein nicht-kompensierendes Euphonium mit vier Ventilen mit dem vierten Ventil an der Seite.