slide valve

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noun Machinery.

a valve that slides without lifting to open or close an aperture, as the valves of the ports in the cylinders of certain steam engines.

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Origin of slide valve

First recorded in 1795–1805

Words nearby slide valve

slider, slide rest, slide rule, slideshow, slide trombone, slide valve, slideway, sliding, sliding fit, sliding friction, sliding rule

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How to use slide valve in a sentence

As for the slide valve, t, its arrangement may be distinguished in section in Fig. 2.
Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XV., No. 388, June 9, 1883|Various
Daniel Copeland was probably the first to adopt a slide-valve working with a lap to secure the expansion of steam.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine|Robert H. Thurston
The lap of a slide valve is the distance it extends over the edges of the ports when it is at the middle of its travel.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson
The locomotive link reverse is used, with a plain slide valve.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them|James H. Stephenson

The steam is admitted to the cylinder by means of a slide-valve.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns

British Dictionary definitions for slide valve

slide valve

noun

a valve that slides across an aperture to expose the port or opening

(modifier) fitted with slide valvesa slide-valve engine

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