Usually means: Regulates flow by sliding mechanism.
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  1. slide valve: Merriam-Webster
  2. slide valve: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. slide valve: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. slide valve: Collins English Dictionary
  5. slide valve: Vocabulary.com
  6. slide valve: Wordnik
  7. slide valve: Wiktionary
  8. slide valve: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. slide valve: Dictionary.com
  10. Slide valve: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. slide valve: Rhymezone
  12. slide valve: FreeDictionary.org
  13. slide valve: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. slide valve: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. slide valve: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (slide valve)

▸ noun:  A valve in a steam engine, designed to slide back and forth to cover and uncover the openings through which steam enters the cylinder.

Similar:
cover, D valve, slide, leaf valve, spring valve, gate valve, spanner, starting bar, relay cylinder, reversing valve, more...

Opposite:
gate valve, ball valve, globe valve

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Similar:
cover, D valve, slide, leaf valve, spring valve, gate valve, spanner, starting bar, relay cylinder, reversing valve, more...

Opposite:
gate valve, ball valve, globe valve



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