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  • 1reducing valve — noun : an automatic valve that reduces pressure (as of steam entering a pipe from a boiler) * * * reducing valve, a valve for automatically reducing the pressure, as of steam or air in a closed heating system or boiler …

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  • 2Valve — This article is about the flow control device. For the game developer, see Valve Corporation. For the electronic component, see Vacuum tube. For other uses, see Valve (disambiguation). These water valves are operated by handles. A valve is a… …

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  • 3valve — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. damper, cutoff, cock, butterfly, pallet, poppet; ventil, side valve; plug, piston, cusp. See closure. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. flap, lid, plug; see device 1 , pipe 1 . Types of valves include:… …

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  • 4M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle — Not to be confused with Browning BAR. Rifle, Caliber .30, Automatic, Browning, M1918 The M1918A2 BAR Type …

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  • 5Flow control valve — Globe control valve with the pneumatic actuator and smart positioner A flow control valve regulates the flow or pressure of a fluid. Control valves normally respond to signals generated by independent devices such as flow meters or temperature… …

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  • 6Diving regulator — and Octopus Other names Demand valve Uses Reduces pressurized breathing gas to ambient pressure and delivers it to the diver Inventor Manuel Théodore Guillaumet (1838), Benoît Rouquayrol (1860) …

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  • 7Scuba set — A scuba diver in usual sport diving gear A scuba set is an independent breathing set that provides a scuba diver with the breathing gas necessary to breathe underwater during scuba diving. It is much used for sport diving and some sorts of work… …

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  • 8Analyser — For the optical device, see Polarizer. An analyser, also spelt analyzer, is a person or device that analyses given data. It examines in detail the structure of the given data and tries to find patterns and relationships between parts of the data …

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  • 9Chemical plant — BASF Chemical Plant Portsmouth Site in the West Norfolk area of Portsmouth, Virginia, United States. The plant is served by the Commonwealth Railway …

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  • 10Twenty In Ten — In December 2007, President Bush signed the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007, which responded to his Twenty in Ten challenge in the State of the Union Address to improve vehicle fuel economy and increase alternative fuels.… …

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