throttle valve
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of throttle valve
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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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
An engineer, finding a lever and throttle valve, roared to a sailor to take the wheel, and already the launch was curving seaward when Hozier shouted: "Where is Marcel?"
From The Stowaway Girl by Tracy, Louis
Such an action may occur from undue friction in the parts of the governor or of its throttle valve.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
Considering the cramped condition inside the smokebox, there would seem to be little space for the addition of the throttle valve; hence its present location.
From The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 by White, John H.
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