slide valve
a valve that slides without lifting to open or close an aperture, as the valves of the ports in the cylinders of certain steam engines.
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How to use slide valve in a sentence
As for the slide valve, t, its arrangement may be distinguished in section in Fig. 2.
Daniel Copeland was probably the first to adopt a slide-valve working with a lap to secure the expansion of steam.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. ThurstonThe lap of a slide valve is the distance it extends over the edges of the ports when it is at the middle of its travel.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonThe locomotive link reverse is used, with a plain slide valve.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonThe steam is admitted to the cylinder by means of a slide-valve.
The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth Burns
British Dictionary definitions for slide valve
a valve that slides across an aperture to expose the port or opening
(modifier) fitted with slide valves: a slide-valve engine
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