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Definition: Clack Valve |
Clack ValveNoun1. A simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | In plumbing, a type of valve in which back flow of a liquid is prevented by a hinged metal flap fitted in an intercepting chamber, so as to allow the flow of water in one direction only. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Device for controlling fluid flow, for example into and out of piston engine cylinder or into/out of aerostat, especially aircraft. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A valve having a lidlike piece hinged on one side within a chamber that permits the flow of a fluid or gas to proceed in one direction only. Usually, the check valve on the pickup end of a drill-pump suction hose is a clack-type valve. Also called chock valve; flap valve; flapper valve;foot valve. (references) |
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Synonyms: Clack ValveSynonyms: clack (n), clapper valve (n). (additional references) |
| Synonyms by domain: clacked (mechanical engineering), clacking (mechanical engineering). |
Crosswords: Clack Valve |
| English words defined with "clack valve": Butterfly valve ♦ Clack box ♦ Flap valve. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "clack valve": Maine sampler. (references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
clack valve water | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "clack valve"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | proevehane (check valve, test cock), kontraventil (backwater flap, disk of a swing check valve, non-return valve, relief valve, stop valve, swing-type check mechanism, valve clack of a check valve, valve flap of a check valve). (various references) | |
Dutch | terugslagklep (backwater flap, inward vent valve, non-return valve, snift valve), proefkraan (check valve, test cock), klepventiel (clapper, flat valve, valve). (various references) | |
French | clapet de retenue, clapet (clapper), robinet d'essai. (various references) | |
German | Ventil (air-valve, gate, outlet, piston, safety valve, tube, valve, vent), Rueckhaltklappe (backwater flap, non-return valve), Prüfhahn (check valve, test cock), Klappenventil (clapper, dart valve, flat valve, valve), Klappe (back, can it, clack, clapperboard, flap, key, leaf, lid, patch, shutter, Sidegate, strap, swat, tab, tailgate, trap, trapdoor, valve). (various references) | |
Greek | κλαπέτο (clapper, damper, flap, lift-up drawer front, valve), βαλβίδα δοκιμής (check valve, test cock), ανεπίστροφη βαλβίδα (backwater flap, non-return valve), διακόπτης δοκιμής (check valve, test cock). (various references) | |
Italian | valvola di ritenuta (backwater flap, non-return valve, relief valve, stop valve), valvola (clack, fuse, gate, safeguard, tube, valve, valvule), rubinetto di prova (check valve, test cock). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ackclay alvevay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | válvula de ensaio (check valve, test cock), válvula de charneira (clapper, valve). (various references) | |
Spanish | grifo de prueba (check valve, test cock). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-k-l-l-v-v" | |
-4 letters: cackle, caecal, valval. | |
-5 letters: akela, alack, caeca, calla, calve, cecal, cella, clack, clave, valve. | |
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