safety valve

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noun

a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level.Compare relief valve.

a harmless outlet for emotion, tension, etc.

Origin of safety valve

First recorded in 1805–15

Words nearby safety valve

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Example sentences from the Web for safety valve

It was a safety-valve which had worked satisfactorily at the right moment.
The Twins of Suffering Creek|Ridgwell Cullum
Colonel Waring treated religious controversy as his safety-valve and needed no encouragement.
Lady Lilith|Stephen McKenna
A provision is likewise made by which the steam escaping at the safety-valve is condensed and carried away to the feeding cistern.
The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition)|Dionysius Lardner
Their excretion seems to be in a certain sense a safety-valve function.
A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various

The man has a fervent and untrained imagination, which has never, in the practicalities of oil, had a safety-valve.
The Story of an Untold Love|Paul Leicester Ford

British Dictionary definitions for safety valve

safety valve

noun

a valve in a pressure vessel that allows fluid to escape when a predetermined level of pressure has been reached

a harmless outlet for emotion, energy, tension, etc

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单词	safety valve
释义	safety valve SEE SYNONYMS FOR safety valve ON THESAURUS.COM noun a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level.Compare relief valve. a harmless outlet for emotion, tension, etc. Origin of safety valve First recorded in 1805–15 Words nearby safety valve safety net, safety pin, safety razor, safety squeeze, safety touch, safety valve, saffian, safflower, safflower oil, saffron, Safi Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for safety valve It was a safety-valve which had worked satisfactorily at the right moment. The Twins of Suffering Creek\|Ridgwell Cullum Colonel Waring treated religious controversy as his safety-valve and needed no encouragement. Lady Lilith\|Stephen McKenna A provision is likewise made by which the steam escaping at the safety-valve is condensed and carried away to the feeding cistern. The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition)\|Dionysius Lardner Their excretion seems to be in a certain sense a safety-valve function. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II\|Various The man has a fervent and untrained imagination, which has never, in the practicalities of oil, had a safety-valve. The Story of an Untold Love\|Paul Leicester Ford British Dictionary definitions for safety valve safety valve noun a valve in a pressure vessel that allows fluid to escape when a predetermined level of pressure has been reached a harmless outlet for emotion, energy, tension, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to safety valve outlet, relief valve
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safety valve

noun

Origin of safety valve

Words nearby safety valve

Example sentences from the Web for safety valve

British Dictionary definitions for safety valve

noun

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