英语词汇“valvulae”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

valve /valv/

noun

A structure or device that regulates flow or passage or allows it in one direction only

One of the mechanical devices on almost all modern brass musical instruments, pressed down by the player so as to increase the length of the tube and thereby enable a full chromatic scale to be played

A rectifier (elec)

(loosely) a thermionic device once commonly used in electronic apparatus as rectifier, amplifier, oscillator or otherwise (also (US) tube)

A single piece forming part or the whole of a shell

One of the parts of a dry fruit separating in dehiscence

A leaf of a folding door (archaic)

transitive verb

rare

To fit with a valve or valves

transitive verb

rare

intransitive verb

(often with off) to release gas through a valve (from eg a vacuum system, hot-air balloon, etc)

ORIGIN: L valva a folding door

valˈval adjective

valˈvar adjective

valˈvate adjective

With or having a valve or valves

Meeting at the edges without overlapping (botany)

valved adjective

valveˈless adjective

valveˈlet noun

valˈvūla or valˈvule noun (pl valˈvūlae /-lē/ or valˈvules)

A little valve

valˈvūlar adjective

Of or having a valvule or valve

valvūlīˈtis noun

Inflammation of a valve of the heart

valvūlo- combining form

Denoting valvule or valve

valve bounce noun

The unintended secondary opening of an engine valve due to inadequate rigidity of various parts in the valve gear

valve gear noun

The linkage by which the valves of an engine derive their motion and timing from the crankshaft rotation