A valve is a device that regulates the flow of fluids.

Valve may also refer to:

Mechanical and electrical

Biology

  • Heart valve, valves in the heart that maintain the unidirectional flow of blood
  • Vein valve, valves in veins and other fluid cords in body
  • Lymphatic valve, valves in lymphatic vessels
  • Valve (mollusc), the shell of a mollusc
  • Valve (diatoms), the siliceous unit that makes up one half of a diatom cell
  • Valve (botany), part produced by the splitting of a capsule or pod when ripe
  • Valve, a paired clasping process on the genitalia of male moths

Companies

People

Other uses

  • Valve hall, a building which contains the valves of the static inverters of a high-voltage direct current plant
  • The Valves, UK band

See also

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