float valve
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.
Origin of float valve
1First recorded in 1870–75
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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 UreThe water is allowed to flow into each tank by means of an automatic float valve.
The New York Subway | AnonymousThis 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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