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float valve

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noun
a valve admitting or discharging a liquid to or from a tank and regulated by a float on the surface of the liquid within the tank to maintain a nearly constant height of liquid.
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Origin of float valve

First recorded in 1870–75

Words nearby float valve

float off, floatplane, floats, floatstone, float switch, float valve, floaty, flob, floc, floccillation, floccinaucinihilipilification
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How to use float valve in a sentence

  • Near each filling-up tun O is a small cistern t communicating with the tun O by a pipe, which is closed by a float-valve.

    A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines|Andrew Ure

  • The water is allowed to flow into each tank by means of an automatic float valve.

    The New York Subway|Anonymous

  • This is usually caused by foreign matter getting under or in the float valve, so that it will not properly seat.

    Motors|James Slough Zerbe
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