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Meaning of valve

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  valve
      n 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
      4: the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other
         molluscs
      5: one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of
         brachiopods

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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