valve

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

válvula

valva

pistão

registro

torneira

válvula hidráulica

Sinônimos

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

Traduções

Ventil

valvola

soupape

válvula

klep

βαλβίδα

ventiel

vàlvula

valve

vanne

clapet

Klappe

supap

valvule

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈvælv/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: valve

In summary

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

Frases

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

Besson produz um eufônio não compensado de quatro válvulas com a quarta válvula no lado.