valve
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1 valve
A structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it.
Roget 350: conduit, channel, duct, watercourse, race; head race, tail race; abito†, aboideau†, aboiteau [Fr.], bito†; acequia†, acequiador†, acequiamadre†; ... meer laten zien
Roget 263: stopper, stopple; plug, cork, bung, spike, spill, stopcock, tap; rammer†; ram, ramrod; piston; ... meer laten zien
Nederlands: klep
Pools: zastawka
2 valve
Device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone.
Pools: piston, wentyl
3 valve
Control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid.
Nederlands: klep, ventiel, ventielklep
Pools: zawór
4 valve
The entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs.
5 valve
One of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods.
Moby betekeniswoordenboek: aerophone, ball cock, ball valve, bell, bung, bunghole, check valve, cock, cork, discharge tube, double reed, drain cock, draw cock, embouchure, faucet, gate, horn, key, lid, lip ... meer laten zien.
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