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DISC-VALVE

Specialty Definition: DISC-VALVE

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Building & Civil Engineering

Deflector in the form of a cone with an apex angle of 144 degrees to damp the jet of water coming from the inlet conduit and also to shut off the opening when required. Source: European Union. (references)

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

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Modern Translation: DISC-VALVE

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

Danish

  

kegleventil (bevel seated valve, chinese hat). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

Chinese-hoed-kegelklep (chinese hat). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

lautasventtiili (chinese hat, globe valve). (various references)

   

French

  

obturateur conique. (various references)

   

German

  

Scheibenventil (chinese hat). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κωνικός εμφρακτήρ (chinese hat). (various references)

   

Italian

  

otturatore conico (chinese hat). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

isc-valveday

   

Portuguese

  

obturador cónico (chinese hat). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

válvula de disco (chinese hat), obturador cónico (chinese hat). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kägelventil (chinese hat, globe valve). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: DISC-VALVE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-l-s-v-v"

-2 letters: advices, caviled, devisal, savvied, vesical, vivaces.

-3 letters: advice, advise, aisled, alcids, calved, calves, cavies, cavils, clades, claves, clevis, davies, deasil, decals, devils, ideals, ladies, sailed, salved, scaled, silvae, slaved, sliced, vailed, valise, valved, valves, vesica, vialed, visaed, vivace.

-4 letters: acids, aides, ailed, aisle, alcid, alecs, alive, asdic, aside, cades, cadis, caids, calve, cased.

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

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INDEX

1. Translations: Modern
2. Anagrams
3. Bibliography


  

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