Blow valve () See Snifting valve. |
Double-beat valve () See under Valve. |
D valve () A kind of slide valve. See Slide valve, under Slide. |
Kingston valve () A conical valve, opening outward, to close the mouth of a pipe which passes through the side of a vessel below the water line. |
Offset (n.) In general, that which is set off, from, before, or against, something |
Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek. |
Offset (n.) A sum, account, or value set off against another sum or account, as an equivalent |
Offset (n.) A spur from a range of hills or mountains. |
Offset (n.) A horizontal ledge on the face of a wall, formed by a diminution of its thickness, or by the weathering or upper surface of a part built out from it |
Offset (n.) A short distance measured at right angles from a line actually run to some point in an irregular boundary, or to some object. |
Offset (n.) An abrupt bend in an object, as a rod, by which one part is turned aside out of line, but nearly parallel, with the rest |
Offset (n.) A more or less distinct transfer of a printed page or picture to the opposite page, when the pages are pressed together before the ink is dry or when it is poor. |
Offset (imp. & p. p.) of Offset |
Offset (v. t.) To set off |
Offset (v. t.) To form an offset in, as in a wall, rod, pipe, etc. |
Offset (v. i.) To make an offset. |
Valve (n.) A door |
Valve (n.) A lid, plug, or cover, applied to an aperture so that by its movement, as by swinging, lifting and falling, sliding, turning, or the like, it will open or close the aperture to permit or prevent passage, as of a fluid. |
Valve (n.) 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 retard the flow in the opposite direction |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces into which a capsule naturally separates when it bursts. |
Valve (n.) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom. |
Valve (n.) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, as in the barberry. |
Valve (n.) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells. |
Valve-shell (n.) Any fresh-water gastropod of the genus Valvata. |
valve | one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods |
valve | the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs |
accelerator throttle throttle valve | a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine |
ball valve | any valve that checks flow by the seating of a ball |
butterfly valve | a valve in a carburetor that consists of a disc that turns and acts as a throttle |
clack valve clack clapper valve | a simple valve with a hinge on one side, allows fluid to flow in only one direction |
diode rectifying tube rectifying valve | a thermionic tube having two electrodes, used as a rectifier |
exhaust valve | a valve through which burned gases from a cylinder escape into the exhaust manifold |
heart valve | an implant that replaces a natural cardiac valve |
intake valve | a valve that controls the flow of fluid through an intake |
poppet poppet valve | a mushroom-shaped valve that rises perpendicularly from its seat, commonly used in internalombustion engines |
rocker arm valve rocker | a lever pivoted at the center, used especially to push a valve down in an internalombustion engine |
safety valve relief valve escape valve escape cock escape | a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler), it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level |
set-back setoff offset | structure where a wall or building narrows abruptly |
slide valve | valve that opens and closes a passageway by sliding over a port |
sluicegate sluice valve floodgate penstock head gate water gate | regulator consisting of a valve or gate that controls the rate of water flow through a sluice |
tube vacuum tube thermionic vacuum tube thermionic tube electron tube thermionic valve | electronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelope |
valve | control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid |
valve | device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone |
valve-in-head engine | internalombustion engine having both inlet and exhaust valves located in the cylinder head |
right of offset | (banking) the legal right of a bank to seize deposited funds to cover a loan that is in default |
mitral valve bicuspid valve left atrioventricular valve | valve with two cusps, situated between the left atrium and the left ventricle |
tricuspid valve right atrioventricular valve | valve with three cusps, situated between the right atrium and the right ventricle, allows blood to pass from atrium to ventricle and closes to prevent backflow when the ventricle contracts |
atrioventricular valve | either of two heart valves through which blood flows from the atria to the ventricles, prevents return of blood to the atrium |
aortic valve | a semilunar valve between the left ventricle and the aorta, prevents blood from flowing from the aorta back into the heart |
pulmonary valve | a semilunar valve between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery, prevents blood from flowing from the artery back into the heart |
semilunar valve | a heart valve with cusps shaped like half-moons, prevents blood from flowing back into the heart |
heart valve cardiac valve | a valve to control one-way flow of blood |
valve | a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it |
ileocecal valve | valve between the ileum of the small intestine and the cecum of the large intestine, prevents material from flowing back from the large to the small intestine |
pyloric sphincter pyloric valve musculus sphincter pylori | the sphincter muscle of the pylorus that separates the stomach from the duodenum |
photo-offset printing photo-offset | a method of offset printing using photomechanical plates |
offset offset printing | a plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder, which in turn transfers it to the paper |
offset lithography | offset printing by lithography |
outgrowth branch offshoot offset | a natural consequence of development |
stolon runner offset | a horizontal branch from the base of plant that produces new plants from buds at its tips |
counterbalance offset | a compensating equivalent |
mitral valve prolapse | cardiopathy resulting from the mitral valve not regulating the flow of blood between the left atrium and left ventricle of the heart |
mitral stenosis mitral valve stenosis | obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever) |
a beginning commencement first outset get-go start kickoff starting time showtime offset | the time at which something is supposed to begin, they got an early start, she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her |
offset | produce by offset printing, offset the conference proceedings |
offset | create an offset in, offset a wall |
offset | cause (printed matter) to transfer or smear onto another surface |
cancel offset set off | make up for, His skills offset his opponent's superior strength |
offset countervail | compensate for or counterbalance, offset deposits and withdrawals |