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piston valve

noun piston valves

  1. A valve which uses a hollow or double piston sliding in a cylinder to direct fluid along one of two paths We already know that a balanced slide valve requires about half as much power to move it as an unbalanced valve, but the piston valve requires only about half as much as the balanced valve.

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Русскийзолотнико́вый кла́пан zolotnikóvyj klápan, золотни́к zolotník, по́мповый ве́нтиль pómpovyj véntilʹ

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@misc{piston_valve_2026,
  title = {piston valve},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/piston%20valve},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}