ALL meanings of valving
valve
V v - noun valving any device for halting or controlling the flow of a liquid, gas, or other material through a passage, pipe, inlet, outlet, etc. 1
- noun valving a hinged lid or other movable part that closes or modifies the passage in such a device. 1
- noun valving Anatomy. a membranous fold or other structure that controls the flow of a fluid, as one that permits blood to flow in one direction only. 1
- noun valving (in musical wind instruments of the trumpet class) a device for changing the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone. 1
- noun valving Zoology. one of the two or more separable pieces composing certain shells. either half of the silicified shell of a diatom. 1
- noun valving Botany. one of the segments into which a capsule dehisces. a flap or lidlike part of certain anthers. 1
- noun valving Electronics (chiefly British) . vacuum tube (def 1). 1
- noun valving Archaic. one of the leaves of a double or folding door. 1
- verb with object valving to provide with a means of controlling the flow of liquid, gas, etc., by inserting a valve. 1