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overhead valves

overhead valves is the plural of overhead valve.

Meaning of overhead valve

Noun

overhead valve (plural overhead valves)

  1. A type of valve in an internal combustion engine, and thus also (metonymic) the type of valvetrain design, the type of engine that uses it, or an instance of such an engine; this design has the inlet and exhaust valves in the cylinder head (and therefore above the piston). The camshaft can be beside the pistons (with pushrods and rockers operating the valves) or above the valves, with the latter usually referred to as overhead cam.
    • This engine has overhead valves.
    Synonyms:
    OHV

Questions about overhead valves

What is overhead valves the plural of?
Overhead valves is the plural of overhead valve.

Words near overhead valves in the dictionary

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  4. overhead transparency
  5. overhead valve
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  7. overheadman
  8. overheadmen
  9. overheads
  10. overheady
  11. overheal

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