sleeve valve


noun
  1. an intake or exhaust valve for an engine, consisting of one or more sleeves reciprocating within a cylinder, so that ports in the cylinder and in the sleeves are opposed at regular intervals to open the valve.

Origin of sleeve valve

1
First recorded in 1910–15

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How to use sleeve valve in a sentence

  • In this respect it is much like the sleeve-valve motor, where the uncovering of the ports is absolutely positive.

    Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred Pag
  • All latest developments, such as high speed aluminum motors and multiple valve and sleeve-valve engines, are considered in detail.

    Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred Pag
  • The mechanism of a sleeve valve motor is slightly different from that of the poppet valve type.

    The Gasoline Motor | Harold Whiting Slauson

British Dictionary definitions for sleeve valve

sleeve valve

noun
  1. (in an internal-combustion engine) a valve in the form of a thin steel sleeve fitted between the cylinder and piston and having a reciprocating and rotary oscillation movement

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