valve

(Inglés)

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.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈvælv/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: valve

In summary

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

Conceptos

válvula

llave

🔑

valva

hoja

lámpara

pistón

tubo

ventalla

valvula

batiente

válvula electrónica

espita

grifo

Sinónimos

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

Traducciones

Ventil

valvola

válvula

soupape

klep

βαλβίδα

ventiel

vàlvula

valve

zawór

vanne

clapet

Klappe

supap

valvule

Oraciones

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

Besson produce un eufonio no compensado de cuatro válvulas con la cuarta válvula en el costado.