valving
SayVAL-ving/ˈvælvɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of valve.
The cooling system works by valving the coolant through two separate loops.
Crews were valving gas off the main line while the leak was repaired.
Note
Valve drops its silent e before -ing, like most verbs of its shape. The verb takes what flows as its object, so engineers speak of valving steam or fuel, with a phrase such as into the chamber or off the line saying where the flow is sent. It belongs to the talk of pipes, engines and cooling systems.
valving is a form of valve
valve, verb: To control or regulate a flow by means of a valve. Full entry
- Spelling
- valve → valving: drop the e, add -ing
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