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pressure valve

pressure valve noun: a valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.

Noun

pressure valve (plural pressure valves)

  1. A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.
    • WikiLeaks might have provided a pressure valve for those agents who were terribly worried about what might happen and frustrated by their superiors' seeming indifference.2010 October 15, Los Angeles Times

Forms of pressure valve

pluralpressure valves

Questions about pressure valve

What does pressure valve mean?
Pressure valve means a valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.
What part of speech is pressure valve?
Pressure valve is a noun.
What is the plural of pressure valve?
The plural of pressure valve is pressure valves.

Words near pressure valve in the dictionary

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  2. pressure switch
  3. pressure switches
  4. pressure ulcer
  5. pressure ulcers
  6. pressure valve
  7. pressure valves
  8. pressure vessel
  9. pressure vessels
  10. pressure volume diagram
  11. pressure volume diagrams

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