different between valve vs univalvular
valve
English
Etymology
From Middle English valve, from Latin valva. Doublet of valva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?vælv/
Noun
valve (plural valves)
- A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
- A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows combustion gases to exit.
- (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction
- the ileocolic, mitral, and semilunar valves
- One of the leaves of a folding-door, or a window-sash.
- (Britain) A vacuum tube.
- (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
- (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
- (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
- (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
Derived terms
Translations
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ??? (barubu)
- ? Thai: ????? (waao)
Verb
valve (third-person singular simple present valves, present participle valving, simple past and past participle valved)
- (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.
Anagrams
- Velva
Estonian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
valve (genitive valve, partitive valvet)
- guard, watch
Declension
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Finnish
Etymology
valvoa +? -e
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???l?e?/, [???l?e?(?)]
- Rhymes: -?l?e
- Syllabification: val?ve
Noun
valve
- awakeness; the state of being awake
Declension
Antonyms
- uni
Derived terms
- olla valveilla
- valvetila
French
Etymology
From Latin valva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /valv/
Noun
valve f (plural valves)
- valve
Derived terms
- valve cardiaque
Further reading
- “valve” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
valve f
- plural of valva
valve From the web:
- what valve separates the ileum from the colon
- what valve separates the esophagus and stomach
- what valves are open during systole
- what valve separates the right atrium and ventricle
- what valve opens from the esophagus to the stomach
- what valves are open during diastole
- what valve prevents backflow
- what valves separate the atria from the ventricles
univalvular
English
Etymology
uni- +? valvular
Adjective
univalvular (not comparable)
- (botany, zoology) Having only one valve.
Synonyms
- univalve, univalved
univalvular From the web:
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