needle valve

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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.

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Origin of needle valve

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby needle valve

needless, needless to say, needlestick, needle time, needle trades, needle valve, needlewoman, needlework, need like a hole in the head, needling, needn't

How to use needle valve in a sentence

Such and such a time, such and such a day, then trouble with the valve.
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There, he first picked up needle and thread to mend the shirt of an SS guard who had just beaten him.
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All of these may factor into the inability to move the needle on the scale.
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A sheet covered his body from the neck down, making it impossible to see where, exactly, the needle had been inserted.
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For instance, in one study, white subjects were shown videos of people being stuck with a needle.
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The needle of the archdruidress broke, as she shook her head viciously at the scoffer.
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The individual prisms are usually slender, with one beveled, wedge-like end, but are sometimes needle-like.
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She was so handy with a needle, and allus ready to cut out calico dingusses that the peon gals could sew up.
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A feed-pump forced water into the boilers; each had a safety-valve with a lever and weight.
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The valve-seat H has formed on its lower surface two crescent shaped long and narrow slits.
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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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