Usually means: Prevents fluid from flowing backwards.
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  1. check valve: Merriam-Webster
  2. check valve: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. check valve: Collins English Dictionary
  4. check valve: Wordnik
  5. check valve: Wiktionary
  6. check valve: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Check valve, check valve: Dictionary.com
  8. Check valve: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. check valve: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  10. check valve: FreeDictionary.org
  11. check valve: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. check valve: Encyclopedia

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  1. check valve: Urban Dictionary

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  3. Pool Glossary (No longer online)
  4. CHECK VALVE: Power Engineering

Definitions from Wiktionary (check valve)

noun:  A valve in a pipeline which allows the liquid or gas to flow in one direction only.

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