Synonym of the word VALVE

n. A device that controls the flow of a gas or fluid through a pipe.
n. A device that admits fuel and air into the cylinder of an internal combustion engine, or one that allows…
n. (anatomy) One or more membranous partitions, flaps, or folds, which permit the passage of the contents…
n. (Britain) A vacuum tube.
n. (botany) One of the pieces into which certain fruits naturally separate when they dehisce.
n. (botany) A small portion of certain anthers, which opens like a trapdoor to allow the pollen to escape,…
n. (biology) One of the pieces or divisions of bivalve or multivalve shells.
n. (biology) One of the two similar portions of the shell of a diatom.
v. (transitive) To control (flow) by means of a valve.

v. (transitive) To exercise influence over; to suggest or dictate the behavior of.
v. (transitive, statistics) (construed with for) To design (an experiment) so that the effects of one or…
n. (countable, uncountable) Influence or authority over something.
n. A separate group or subject in an experiment against which the results are compared where the primary…
n. The method and means of governing the performance of any apparatus, machine or system, such as a lever,…
n. Restraint or ability to contain one's movements or emotions, or self-control.
n. A security mechanism, policy, or procedure that can counter system attack, reduce risks, and resolve vulnerabilities;…
n. (project management) A means of monitoring for, and triggering intervention in, activities that are not…
n. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register.
n. (graphical user interface) An interface element that a computer user interacts with, such as a window…
n. (climatology) Any of the physical factors determining the climate of a place, such as latitude, distribution…
n. (linguistics) A construction in which the understood subject of a given predicate is determined by an…

n. One who controls something.
n. Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
n. (business) A person who audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
n. (computing) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral…
n. (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain…
n. (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
n. (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics).
n. (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part…

n. Any piece of equipment made for a particular purpose, especially a mechanical or electrical one.
n. (computing) A peripheral device; an item of hardware.
n. A project or scheme, often designed to deceive; a stratagem; an artifice.
n. (Ireland) An improvised explosive device, home-made bomb.
n. (rhetoric) A technique that an author or speaker uses to evoke an emotional response in the audience;…
n. (heraldry) A motto, emblem, or other mark used to distinguish the bearer from others. A device differs…
n. (archaic) Power of devising; invention; contrivance.
n. (law) An image used in whole or in part as a trademark or service mark.
n. (printing) An image or logo denoting official or proprietary authority or provenience.
n. (obsolete) A spectacle or show.
n. (obsolete) Opinion; decision.

n. A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts.
n. The underlying shape of a solid.
n. The overall form or organization of something.
n. A set of rules defining behaviour.
n. (computing) Several pieces of data treated as a unit.
n. (fishing, uncountable) Underwater terrain or objects (such as a dead tree or a submerged car) that tend…
n. A body, such as a political party, with a cohesive purpose or outlook.
n. (logic) A set along with a collection of finitary functions and relations.
v. (transitive) To give structure to; to arrange.

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