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slide valve Definition

slide valve

noun

a valve which opens and closes a passageway, as the cylinder port of a steam engine, by sliding back and forth across it

slide valve Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: As was customary at the time of construction, 1910, the HP side has piston valves whilst the LP side has slide valves.

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