valve

From Latin valva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvælv/

valve (plural valves)

1. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
2. A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
3. (anatomy) 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

   the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves

4. One of the leaves of a folding door.
5. (Britain) A vacuum tube.
6. (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
7. (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
8. (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
9. (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

• Thai: วาล์ว (waao)

valve (third-person singular simple present valves, present participle valving, simple past and past participle valved)

1. (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.

• Velva

valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)

1. guard, watch

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

valve

1. The state of being awake.

• uni

• olla valveilla

From Latin valva.

• IPA^(key): /valv/

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valve f (plural valves)

1. valve

• valve cardiaque

• “valve” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

valve f

1. plural of valva