Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A safety valve that relieves pressure when it becomes high but before it becomes dangerous.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. a valve arranged for relieving pressure of steam, gas, or liquid; an escape valve.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level
Examples
“The GBA started off as a subsidiary of the Four-Year-Plan, but soon grew to be a sovereign power in its own right, competing with the rival authorities of SS, Ostministerium, and military government to multiply the administrative chaos which prevailed in the whole territory, and whose overworked relief valve was the suffering of the Russian people.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘relief valve’.
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ENVI - water protection
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
veal, valve, used, yak, wax, wan, teak, vat, vas, strip, use, strap and 4515 more...
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Flanges &c
Amusingly-named mechanical and electrical parts to be found in a particular warehouse in Newfoundland
nut, relief valve, cotter, shaft, bushing (inner bo..., sleeve, bushing (link), thrust washer, slip yoke, bushing (swing post), half pump coupling, main teledyne spool and 344 more...
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