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The correct spelling is valves.
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noun
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The correct spelling is valves. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe. For example: "the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves"
Usage Examples
“the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves”
Meanings
noun
- 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.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 a window-sash.
- 5.A vacuum tube.
verb
- 1.To control (flow) by means of a valve.
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