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Results for: "valve"

Translating from English to Portuguese Brazil

Translations:

valve — device controlling flow of liquid or gas
→ válvula f
→ torneira
valve — in anatomy
→ válvula f
→ valva f

More translations:

valve
→ válvula

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 5

  1. a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

  2. device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone

  3. control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid

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  1. the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs

  2. one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods