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slide valve
noun
- a valve that slides without lifting to open or close an aperture, as the valves of the ports in the cylinders of certain steam engines.
slide valve
noun
- a valve that slides across an aperture to expose the port or opening
- modifier fitted with slide valves
a slide-valve engine
Word History and Origins
Origin of slide valve1
Example Sentences
According to the update , erosion created a hole in the slide valve, allowing air to mix with hydrocarbons.
FCCUs use a fine, silica catalyst in high heat to make gasoline from gas oil and the passage of the sand-like catalyst over the slide valve at the Superior refinery wore a hole in it.
Helicopters Inc. has since changed its story, now blaming the crash on a jammed slide valve, a component in the hydraulic system controlling the chopper’s tail rotor.
The valves of the high-pressure and intermediate cylinders were of the piston type, and the low-pressure cylinder had double-ported slide valves, fitted with Stephenson link motion.
The construction of a common slide valve is shown in Fig.
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