English noun: valve |
1. | valve (body) a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
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| Broader (hypernym) | anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | cardiac valve, heart valve, ileocecal valve, valvelet, valvula, valvule |
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| Part meronym | heart, pump, ticker |
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2. | valve (artifact) 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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| Broader (hypernym) | device |
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| Part meronym | brass, brass instrument |
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3. | valve (artifact) control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
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| Broader (hypernym) | control, controller |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | accelerator, ball valve, butterfly valve, choke, clack, clack valve, clapper valve, escape, escape cock, escape valve, exhaust valve, intake valve, poppet, poppet valve, relief valve, safety valve, slide valve, throttle, throttle valve |
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| Part holonym | handwheel, handwheel |
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4. | valve (animal) the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shell |
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5. | valve (animal) one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
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| Broader (hypernym) | shell |
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