slide valve


nounMachinery.
  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

1
First recorded in 1795–1805

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British Dictionary definitions for slide valve

slide valve

noun
  1. a valve that slides across an aperture to expose the port or opening

  2. (modifier) fitted with slide valves: a slide-valve engine

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