intake valve

American  

noun

1. a valve in the cylinder head of an internal-combustion engine that opens at the proper moment in the cycle to allow the fuel-air mixture to be drawn into the cylinder.

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Etymology

Origin of intake valve

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Ford said a design change in October 2021 changed the intake valve material to a different alloy.

From Reuters • Oct. 2, 2023

At that point, about 150 feet below its current level, the lake would drop below its lowest intake valve, which could cripple water supplies in the western United States.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2022

Last month, water levels at Lake Mead dipped low enough to expose a water intake valve that began supplying water to customers in the region in 1971.

From BBC • May 9, 2022

The 2014 algae bloom wasn’t the worst ever, but that year some formed directly over the Maumee Bay intake valve for the city of Toledo’s water plant, leaving city taps dry for three days.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2019

What she could possibly do with her knowledge of the intake valve, the Phillips screwdriver, the temperature cutoff, the ground wire, she did not know.

From "In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson" by Bette Bao Lord