Search results for "Valve" - New World Encyclopedia
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- right side of the heart are the tricuspid valve and the pulmonic valve. The ... * Aortic valve stenosis * Mitral valve prolapse * Valvular cardiomyopathy ...11 KB (1,487 words) - 15:13, 25 January 2023
- as other brass instruments, but four-piston valve and rotary valve variants ... Some modern flugelhorns feature a fourth valve that lowers the pitch ...12 KB (1,704 words) - 20:41, 28 December 2023
- of an F tuba 12 feet (not including any valve branches). Tubas are considered ... Tubas come in both piston and rotary valve models. Rotary valves are ...17 KB (2,861 words) - 18:39, 2 May 2023
- Austria and France still use pistons. Each valve toggles a length of tubing ... quot; or notes available in a given valve combination performed simply ...16 KB (2,716 words) - 14:17, 7 February 2024
- category are the trombone family, though valve trombones are occasionally ... the notes of various harmonic series. Each valve pressed diverts the air stream ...34 KB (4,980 words) - 16:54, 26 March 2022
- strip. Generally, this is an automatic valve which regulates the flow ... system has a thermostatically controlled valve to regulate the water flow ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 18:31, 30 April 2023
- [[Image:FordtaunusV4front.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Poppet valve|Valve]] timing gears on a Ford Taunus V4 engine — the small gear is on the crankshaft ...10 KB (1,615 words) - 06:30, 18 April 2024
- in diameter, were made by Conn ("Grand Jumbo" [46K (3-valve ... Holton. Jupiter Company started production of four-valve BB ...19 KB (2,980 words) - 22:02, 24 February 2024
- === Vacuum tube (valve) amplifiers === valve amplifier amplifiers have largely displaced valve amplifiers for low power ...18 KB (2,580 words) - 09:26, 18 June 2021
- to change pitches, although the less common valve trombone uses three valves ... mouthpiece, bore and bell dimensions, new valve types and different mute types. ...23 KB (3,406 words) - 17:59, 2 May 2023
- power from a thermocouple can activate a valve when a temperature difference ... around 20 mV, operates the gas supply valve responsible for feeding the ...22 KB (3,206 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- part. Below the venturi is a butterfly valve called the throttle valve—a ... carburetors are placed after the throttle valve where the pressure is reduced ...26 KB (4,190 words) - 19:11, 26 November 2023
- thereby lowering the pitch. The first valve lowers the instrument's ... the usual brace between the bell and a valve body allows the use of a ...34 KB (5,196 words) - 19:49, 28 June 2023
- such as: all calls to be played with the first valve down. Some examples of bugle calls: *Adjutant's Call—Indicates that the adjutant ...10 KB (1,584 words) - 18:37, 22 November 2023
- atrium, the blood flows through the tricuspid valve to the right ventricle. Here it is pumped out the pulmonary semilunar valve and travels through ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 15:12, 25 January 2023
- position from the crankshaft to the valve and ignition system, typically with a 2:1 speed reduction. In addition to the above uses, some people ...6 KB (898 words) - 01:13, 4 December 2023
- 1898 – Schrader valve stem patented 1898 – Goodyear Tire and Rubber ... ===Valve Stem=== The valve stem is a tubular rubber shape with a metal ...28 KB (4,401 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- of as an electronic version of a check valve. Circuits that require current ... Thermionic diodes are thermionic valve devices (also known as vacuum ...25 KB (3,818 words) - 17:12, 22 July 2020
- of the mounting, the pipe itself, and simple valve with a handle, the ветка (vetka). The valve is essentially a funnel with a hole. In the ...16 KB (2,540 words) - 01:15, 21 April 2023
- with the cylinder end(s) and are driven by valve gear, of which there are ... The simplest valve gears give events of fixed length during the engine ...41 KB (6,343 words) - 19:56, 9 February 2023
- The cardinal anatomic changes of the valve include leaflet thickening, commissural fusion and shortening and thickening of the tendinous cords ...14 KB (1,938 words) - 20:01, 8 December 2022
- the water usually travels through a check valve. This prevents water in the ... into zones. A zone is a single Irrigation Valve and one or a group of sprinklers ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- File:Trumpet in c german.jpg|Rotary Valve Trumpet in C ==Methods for ... tube through engaging valves (see rotary valve, piston valve) which route ...37 KB (5,471 words) - 15:52, 11 March 2024
- Plumbing (from the Latin word plumbum, meaning "lead") is the skilled trade of working with pipes, tubing, and special fixtures for ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 01:54, 10 April 2023
- (for example, gauge reading or leaky valve), hard conditions (for example ... tube in baths and kitchen sinks. If the valve sticks open, rather than ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- of 73. She died of complications following heart valve replacement surgery. Less than half a year later, Johnny also died. The 2003 album “Wildwood ...8 KB (1,302 words) - 21:16, 4 October 2022
- health took a fatal turn when his mechanical heart valve clotted. He had decided to stop taking his anticoagulant drug, warfarin, which he was supposed ...16 KB (2,577 words) - 08:44, 16 November 2023
- Velocity measurements allow assessment of cardiac valve areas and function, any abnormal communications between the left and right side of the heart, ...10 KB (1,666 words) - 19:27, 2 August 2023
- technology, "The Liquid Crystal Light Valve." ... or CRT. This is due to their "light valve" nature: some light ...20 KB (3,141 words) - 04:22, 29 October 2022
- diver to swim near the surface and have a valve for breathing. It is made ... gas at ambient pressure, modern demand valve regulators ensure the diver ...20 KB (3,196 words) - 02:37, 21 April 2023
- Later designs implemented a steam release valve that kept the machine from exploding. By watching the valve rhythmically move up and down, Papin ...25 KB (3,670 words) - 18:29, 30 April 2023
- level of Treitz' ligament or the ileocecal valve, two narrow points in the digestive tract. The treatment for gallstone ileus is surgical. ...11 KB (1,595 words) - 14:53, 27 June 2021
- The stack contains a damper that works like a butterfly valve and ... * Whitehouse, R.C., (ed.). The Valve and Actuator User's Manual ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 09:57, 18 October 2022
- by STS-117 astronauts, a hydrogen vent valve required to begin using the system was installed. Additionally, the ISS crew has sometimes used ...11 KB (1,632 words) - 01:14, 26 October 2022
- liquid refrigerant goes through the expansion valve (also called a throttle valve) where its pressure abruptly decreases, causing flash evaporation ...28 KB (4,251 words) - 19:11, 16 April 2023
- *1983: Saab introduces the 16-valve turbocharged engine and asbestos-free brake pads. *1985: Saab pioneers direct ignition, eliminating the distributor ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- 1924, featuring Charles Yale Knight's sleeve-valve engine. All models were priced by their hp-rating. On October 2, 1902, DMG opened a new ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- resistors in a 1960s [[Vacuum tube|valve]] radio.]] == Identifying ... In vacuum tube or valve electronic circuit design, a grid resistor ...24 KB (3,494 words) - 19:43, 16 April 2023
- cardiac bypass surgery to clear a blocked aortic valve. On April 9, of that season the Iron Man of the National Basketball Association, also known as ...11 KB (1,717 words) - 21:00, 9 December 2023
- Older engines make use of a mechanical fuel pump and valve assembly ... simpler than the combined pump and valve design, making it generally ...60 KB (9,401 words) - 14:31, 29 January 2024
- right ventricle through the pulmonary semilunar valve and into the pulmonary trunk. The trunk branches into right and left pulmonary arteries, which ...13 KB (1,922 words) - 19:44, 16 April 2023
- A dry dock is a narrow basin or vessel that can be flooded to allow a load to be floated in, then drained to allow that load to come to rest ...11 KB (1,823 words) - 19:34, 3 August 2023
- * Examples: Supersonic ramjet, scramjet, needle valve * In this case the gas ahead of the shock is supersonic (in the laboratory frame), and the ...14 KB (2,249 words) - 14:22, 27 January 2023
- location, 2 centimeters below the ileocaecal valve, the location of the tip of the appendix can vary from being retrocaecal or behind the cecum (74 percent ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 18:01, 3 May 2023
- success of some games. Developers such as id, Valve, Crytek, Epic, and Blizzard Entertainment ship their games with the very development tools used to ...26 KB (4,049 words) - 20:12, 3 May 2023
- Graphite is one of the two common but distinctively different forms or allotropes of carbon, the other being diamond. Graphite holds the distinction ...13 KB (1,840 words) - 19:59, 19 September 2021
- and desiccation. Protruding from a valve is an enlarged structure called the umbo, which indicates the dorsal surface of the mussel. ...14 KB (2,096 words) - 02:38, 11 March 2023
- "A" or "wet" battery in valve/vacuum tube radio sets. The ... ** Gel battery is a rechargeable valve regulated lead-acid battery ...31 KB (4,897 words) - 11:28, 20 September 2023
- wedding, he had to be hospitalized for a heart valve replacement. While in the hospital he had a heart attack and became a candidate for a heart replacement ...14 KB (2,139 words) - 04:26, 17 June 2023
- right|Scanning electron micrograph of a spiracle valve - the organ that allows fresh air to pass into the cricket's respiratory system]] ...14 KB (2,028 words) - 00:20, 15 January 2023
