TubeTalk Pronunciation

How to pronounce “valve”

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Pronunciation guide for valve

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of valve with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Systems Health Technology at NASA Ames Research Centerand valves are working.
Definition summary: A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.

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Systems Health Technology at NASA Ames Research Center

and valves are working.

[Noun]
A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a space, such as a pipe, manifold, or plenum.
(anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents of a vessel or cavity in one direction, but stop or control the flow in the opposite direction.
One of the leaves of a folding door or of a window sash.
(chiefly British) A vacuum tube.
(botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
(botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape, such as in the barberry.
(biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
(biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
[Verb]
(transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.