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Definition: Ball Valve |
Ball ValveNoun1. Any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | Fluid system valve which releases pressure at a preset value. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Ball Valve |
| English words defined with "ball valve": Globe valve. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "ball valve": pulsometer pump. (references) |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Trade | Mauritius | Imports of the following items are prohibited: ball valve bottles, caps for toy guns, recapped tires, white phosphorous matches, certain firecrackers, kerosene stoves, water scooters, ivory and tortoise shell, underwater fishing guns, candy in the form of cigarettes, toy crash helmets, cigarette papers, used motor vehicle spare parts, electric water heaters with bare elements, portable electric lamps, teething rings, rolling machines (other than industrial-type rolling machines) for cigarette manufacturing, blue asbestos and its products, and items containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFC). A detailed list is available from the Embassy. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "ball valve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | Starr-Edwards'hjerteklapprotese (Starr-Edwards ball valve prosthesis), kugleventilprotese (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve), kugleventil (ball-valve prothesis, caged-ball valve). (various references) | |
Dutch | balklep (globe valve, spherical valve), veiligheidsklep (pressure release valve, pressure-relief vent, relief valve, safety valve), kogelventiel (globe valve, spherical valve), kogelklep (globe valve, relief valve, spherical valve). (various references) | |
French | soupape bille, relais billes, clapet bille. (various references) | |
German | Rückschlagventil (check valve, non-return valve), Kugelventil (globe valve, relief valve, spherical valve), Kugelrückschlagventil (relief valve). (various references) | |
Greek | βαλβίδα με σφαιρίδιο (relief valve), ανακουφιστική βαλβίδα (bleeder, bleeder valve, breather valve, discharge valve, emergency valve, non-return valve, overflow valve, pass valve, pressure control valve, relief valve, safety valve, snifter valve, snifting valve, stop valve, vacuum relief valve, waste gate). (various references) | |
Italian | valvola a sfera (relief valve). (various references) | |
Manx | cooylley vluckan. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | allbay alvevay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | válvula de esferas (relief valve), válvula de escape (atmospheric valve, discharge valve, escape valve, exhaust valve). (various references) | |
Spanish | válvula de escape (blowoff valve), válvula de bolas (relief valve), válvula de bola. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | сферичний клапан. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-l-l-l-v-v" | |
-2 letters: labella. | |
-3 letters: valval. | |
-4 letters: label, valve. | |
-5 letters: able, alae, alba, baal, bale, ball, bell, blae, lall, lava, lave, leal, leva, vale, veal, vela. | |
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