Valve
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
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one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods
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the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs
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a control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
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a structure in a hollow organ, like the heart, with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Valves
- possessive
- Valve's
- pluralpossessive
- Valves'