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valving

valving

7.9
How valves are designed or set to change how a machine works
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : configuración de válvulas
  • Future modifications to the design should be considered that would prevent potentially dangerous pressures from being developed, such as a pressure-limiting diaphragm or other valving mechanism.
  • platform valving

Examples

  • The engineer explained the importance of precise valving in optimizing the machine's efficiency.

  • Adjusting the valving in the system significantly improved the flow and pressure of the fluid.

  • The new model features advanced valving to enhance performance under varying operating conditions.

How Complex

multivalve
  • Specialized
8.0
valving
  • Specialized
7.9
clapper valve
  • Specialized
8.0

Surface Forms

valving singular
valvings plural

Morphology

valving = valve (transparent) = valve + ing

Derived from 'valve' with '-ing' to denote the arrangement/adjustment or functioning of valves; the relation to 'valve' is direct and regular.

Etymology

Valving comes from valve, from the Latin valva, which means 'small door' or 'leaf', giving the image of moving parts that open and close. Think of a machine with many little doors: how you place and adjust them changes how the machine works. So, valving in this sense means the design or adjustment of those 'doors' to change performance.