English-Danish translations for valve

  • ventilJeg synes, at det er en fornuftig sikkerhedsventil. I think that is a sensible safety valve. Kvaliteten af de stærkt kritiserede usikre ventiler er heller ikke blevet forbedret. The much criticised quality of unsafe valves has not been improved either. Det vil ikke være muligt at standse strømmen af 148 000 t metan, fordi der ikke er nogen ventiler eller transitstationer. It will not be possible to stop the stream of 148 000 tonnes of methane, because there are no valves or transit stations.

Definition of valve

  • A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe
  • 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
  • One of the leaves of a folding door|folding-door, or a window-sash
  • One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce
  • One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells
  • To control by means of a valve

Examples

  • the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves

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