needle valve

noun Machinery.

a valve with a needlelike part, a fine adjustment, or a small opening, especially a valve in which the opening is controlled by a needlelike or conical point that fits into a conical seat.

Origin of needle valve

First recorded in 1900–05

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Historical Examples of needle valve

One grain of sand clogged the needle-valve, Josh, and there's a thousand more grains to come down the supply-pipe.
Motor Matt's Red Flyer, or, On the High Gear
Stanley R. Matthews
Matt couldn't understand why the runabout wasn't beginning to develop trouble in the vicinity of the needle-valve.
Motor Matt's Red Flyer, or, On the High Gear
Stanley R. Matthews
Matt flung down the can, adjusted the needle-valve of the gasoline shut-off which he had found out of order, and tried the motor.
Motor Matt's Daring, or, True to His Friends
Stanley R. Matthews
In this box a piston moves, which is provided at its lower end with a needle-valve.
Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants
R. E. Mathot

British Dictionary definitions for needle valve

needle valve

noun

a valve containing a tapered rod that can be moved in or out to control the flow of a fluid

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