English Dictionary

valve

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈvælv/

名詞

イギリス英語

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

日本語の意味

パイプ内のガスや液体の流れを制御する装置 / 内燃機関において、燃料と空気の混合気の供給または排気ガスの排出を制御する装置

Before starting the experiment, she checked the valve to make sure the flow of gas could be shut off quickly.

実験を始める前に、彼女はガスの流れをすぐに止められるか確認するためにバルブを点検した。

意味（1）

A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.

shut off the valve

意味（2）

A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.

意味（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

意味（4）

One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash.

意味（5）

(Britain) A vacuum tube.

意味（6）

(botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.

意味（7）

(botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.

意味（8）

(biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.

意味（9）

(biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.

valves （ plural ）