throttle valve

American  

noun

1. a valve for throttling the working fluid of an engine, refrigerator, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of throttle valve

First recorded in 1805–15

Example Sentences

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throttle valve

A sticky throttle valve doomed a rocket-landing try in April 2015.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 14, 2017

I'm just dreaming about how to make a throttle valve.

From Time Magazine Archive

The throttle valve is a simple slide valve and must have been primitive for the time, for the balance-poppet throttle valve was in use in this country previous to 1851.

From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by John H. White

A. To furnish more steam space and to obtain dryer steam and to provide a place for the safety valves, steam pipes, throttle valve and whistle.

From The Traveling Engineers' Association To Improve The Locomotive Engine Service of American Railroads by Anonymous

In 1837 I employed, as an expansion valve, a rectangular throttle valve, accurately fitting a bored out seat, in which it might be made to revolve, though it did not revolve in working.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.