Definitions for slide-valve

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Slide-Valve is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 402 anagrams from letters in slide-valve (-adeeillsvv).

Definitions for slide-valve

noun

  1. a valve that slides without lifting to open or close an aperture, as the valves of the ports in the cylinders of certain steam engines.

Origin of slide-valve

First recorded in 1795-1805

Examples for slide-valve

The slide valve of one cylinder had a half-inch lap at each end, and exhausted its steam into the other.

The slide valve may also be operated by hand before the engine is started, or it may be operated by a steam reversing gear.

The slide valve is usually driven by an eccentric attached to the main shaft.

The cylinder A has a steam chest B, which contains therein a slide valve C to cover the ports at the ends of the cylinder.

Second, because the steam is wire drawn during the time that the slide valve is closing the port to effect the cut off.

The slide valve is now shifted to its first position and the process is repeated.

In setting the slide valve of an engine having a link motion, there are two distinct operations.

As for the slide valve, t, its arrangement may be distinguished in section in Fig. 2.

The slide valve is balanced by means of strips let into its back, and bearing against a plate fixed to the steam chest cover.

If a slide valve is broken, what can be done to run the engine on one side?

Word Value for slide-valve
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Words with friends

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