Valve (disambiguation)
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Template:Sister project A valve is a device that regulates the flow of fluids. Template:TOCright Valve may also refer to:
Mechanical and electrical
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- Brass instrument valve, for valves used in brass instruments
- Rotary valve, a valve using an internal rotor to select flow paths
- Piston valve, a valve using a piston to control fluid flow
- Piston valve (steam engine), a piston valve as used in steam engines
- Poppet valve, a valve consisting of a hole and a tapered plug on the end of a shaft, typically used in instruments, engines, etc.
- Vacuum tube, also called "thermionic valve", an electronic component
- Mercury-arc valve, a type of electrical rectifier tube
Biology
- Heart valve, valves in the heart that maintain the unidirectional flow of blood
- Vein valve, valves in veins and other fluid cords in body
- Lymphatic valve, valves in lymphatic vessels
- Valve (mollusc), the shell of a mollusc
- Valve (diatoms), the siliceous unit that makes up one half of a diatom cell
- Valve (botany), part produced by the splitting of a capsule or pod when ripe
- Valve, a paired clasping process on the genitalia of male moths
Companies
- Valve Corporation (also known as Valve Software or Valve), a video game developer and digital distribution company
- Valve Records, an Australian record label
- Valve Amplification Company, a U.S. high end audio electronics company
People
- Alli Paasikivi, née Valve, (1879-1960) First Lady of Finland
- Valve (given name), an Estonian feminine given name
- Väinö Valve, (1915-1995) Finnish general
Other uses
- Valve hall, a building which contains the valves of the static inverters of a high-voltage direct current plant
- The Valves, UK band
See also
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- Valve amplifier (tube amplifier)
- Valve gear
- Valve train
- Valveless
- Valvetronic
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