inlet valve

noun

Definitions

  1. A valve that lets fuel into a cylinder.

    • Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber.
  2. A valve that lets steam into a cylinder.

  3. A valve that lets water into a cistern, or wherever it is required.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inlet valve. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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