A valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level.
Safety valve used to control or limit the pressure in a system.
1The design of the atmospheric relief valve received special consideration.
2That left the reactor dependent on another backup system, a special sort of relief valve.
3But, as luck would have it, the relief valve wasn't working properly that day either.
4In theaters before electricity, Mr. Whittier would say, the ghost light acted as a pressure- relief valve.
5Thanks for being such a nice pressure- relief valve.
6Hayes said it could take 90 days to install a relief valve to stop the oil leak.
7Some relief valves would vent, but in a fire, a relief valve would just feed the flames.
8Nelka felt it would help her forget and would act as a relief valve for her feelings.
9Getting the Celtic Interconnector in place as early as possible is an important "safety relief valve".
10It could be 90 days before a relief valve is installed to stop the leak, the officials said.
11At times, a relief valve would open to release overheating water, then close again when the pressure dropped.
12But the heat and pressure would build again, and the relief valve would have to repeat its cycle.
13What is a vacuum relief valve?
14Prosecutors said the company's air permit application did not mention a pressure relief valve emitting noxious coke oven gas.
15What a cylinder relief valve?
16Use the pressure relief valve if the keg's got one; otherwise, press down with a screwdriver on the gas-in line.
Translations for relief valve