rotary valve

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noun Machinery.

a valve that rotates continuously or through an arc to open and close.

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How to use rotary valve in a sentence

Inquiries will be accepted only via Western Union telegram or rotary phone.
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Such and such a time, such and such a day, then trouble with the valve.
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The flawed valve was rapidly replaced by a more robust system.
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There's an old rotary phone and a few yellowed papers on a cluttered old wooden desk.
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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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The discharge-valve was then opened for a moment, allowing a blast of steam to escape, reducing the pressure say to one-half.
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The valve open while the plunger-pole ascended 20 inches, then went the remainder of the 10-feet stroke expansive.
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The engine boy having fixed the safety-valve while he fished for eels, caused an explosion of the boiler.
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