intake valve
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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How to use intake valve in a sentence
When the exhaust valve is operated by the tappet rod and rocker arm the intake valve is also carried down with it.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred PagFive seconds later the inventor was creeping out along one wing toward the intake valve of the port gas tank.
Tom Swift and His Giant Telescope | Victor AppletonThe detective closed the intake valve of the mask and expelling all of the air from his lungs, took a deep breath.
Poisoned Air | Sterner St. Paul MeekA little to one side stuck up the small tube of the intake valve.
Jim Spurling, Fisherman | Albert Walter TolmanOn the left side of the combustion chamber is bolted the housing containing the tiny intake valve.
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