gate-valve
51Clifton Park Valve House — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
52flux valve — noun see flux gate * * * flux valve, = flux gate. (Cf. ↑flux gate) …
53Pinch Valve — is a full bore or fully ported type of control valve. No obstruction to flow passage. Major components of a pinch valve consists of body and a sleeve. The sleeve will contain the flow media and isolate it from the environment hence reducing… …
54Mercury-arc valve — Mercury rectifier on display in Beromünster, Switzerland before being decommissioned A mercury arc valve (mercury vapor rectifier) is a type of electrical rectifier used for converting high voltage or high current alternating current (AC) into… …
55Sluice gate — Sluice Sluice, n. [OF. escluse, F. [ e]cluse, LL. exclusa, sclusa, from L. excludere, exclusum, to shut out: cf. D. sluis sluice, from the Old French. See {Exclude}.] 1. An artifical passage for water, fitted with a valve or gate, as in a mill… …
56waste gate — noun 1. : a gate by which superfluous water (as of a reservoir) is discharged 2. : a device for controlling the pressure in the nozzle box of a turbosupercharger by discharging into the free atmosphere a portion of the exhaust gases that would… …
57flux gate — noun or flux valve : a device based on the earth inductor principle and used to indicate the direction of the terrestrial magnetic field * * * Physics. an instrument for indicating the field strength of an external magnetic field, as that of the… …
58waste gate — A controllable butterfly valve in the exhaust pipe of a reciprocating engine equipped with a turbocharger. The valve controls the amount of exhaust gases that can be forced through the turbocharger. The valve gradually closes with height until it …
59Water gate — Wa ter gate A gate, or valve, by which a flow of water is permitted, prevented, or regulated. [1913 Webster] …
60flush gate — noun Etymology: flush (IX) : flush IX 2 * * * flush gate, a gate, sluice, or valve placed in a dam or reservoir, used to flush out the channel below the reservoir, the pipe system, or the like …
