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TRIPLE VALVE

Definition: TRIPLE VALVE

TRIPLE VALVE

1. In an automatic air brake for railroad cars, the valve under each car, by means of which the brake is controlled by a change of pressure in the air pipe leading from the locomotive.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Modern Translation: TRIPLE VALVE

Language Translations for "TRIPLE VALVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

styreventil (cut-off check valve, distributor valve, unloader valve). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

tripleklep (distributor valve). (various references)

   

French

  

triple-valve, distributeur. (various references)

   

German

  

Steuerventil (pilot valve). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

τριπλενεργητική βαλβίδα της πέδης (distributor valve), τριπλοβαλβίδα της πέδης (distributor valve). (various references)

   

Italian

  

valvola tripla (distributor valve), distributore (dealer, dispenser, distributor, machine). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ipletray alvevay

   

Portuguese

  

válvula tripla (distributor valve), distribuidor (distributing, distributor, slidevalve). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

triple válvula (distributor valve), distribuidor (dispenser, distributary, distributor, stockist). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: TRIPLE VALVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-e-i-l-l-p-r-t-v-v"

-3 letters: laetrile, levirate, livetrap, pearlite, relative, trivalve, valvelet.

-4 letters: atelier, elative, eviller, leavier, literal, pallier, peatier, perilla, perlite, petrale, pileate, plaiter, platier, pleater, prelate, prevail, private, replate, reptile, revival, tallier, vealier, vetiver.

-5 letters: aplite, elater, eviler, laveer, leaper, leaver, levier, liever, palier, pallet, palter, pareve, pelite, pellet, pelter, pereia, petrel, pillar, pirate, plater, privet.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Anagrams
4. Bibliography


  

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