Valve (disambiguation)

Valve (disambiguation)

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

Valve may also refer to:
* Valve Corporation, a computer software/games company responsible for the best-selling "Half-Life" games
* Valve hall, a building which contains the valves of the static inverters of an HVDC plant
* Mercury arc valve, a type of electrical rectifier which converts alternating current into direct current
* Poppet valve, a valve consisting of a hole and a tapered plug on the end of a shaft, typically used in instruments, engines, etc.
* Heart valve, valves in the heart that maintain the unidirectional flow of blood
* Vein valve, valves in veins and other fluid cords in body
* Valve Records, a record label
* Valve Recordings, a record label
* Thermionic valve, an electronic component otherwise known as a vacuum tube
* Valve, a paired clasping process on the male genitalia of a moth
* Valve is one of eight overlapping shells on a chiton mollusc
* Valve Sound System


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