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People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it.
Peter Schiff

Meaning of "escape valve" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ESCAPE VALVE

escape valve  [ɪˈskeɪp vælv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ESCAPE VALVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Escape valve is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ESCAPE VALVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of escape valve in the English dictionary

The definition of escape valve in the dictionary is a valve that releases air, steam, etc, above a certain pressure; relief valve or safety valve.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ESCAPE VALVE


bivalve
ˈbaɪˌvælv
equivalve
ˈekwɪˌvælv
inequivalve
ɪnˈiːkwɪˌvælv
salve
sælv
trivalve
ˈtraɪˌvælv
univalve
ˈjuːnɪˌvælv
valve
vælv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ESCAPE VALVE

escape artist
escape chute
escape clause
escape cock
escape device
escape hatch
escape key
escape mechanism
escape pipe
escape plan
escape road
escape route
escape routine
escape shaft
escape velocity
escape wheel
escaped
escapee
escapeless
escapement

WORDS THAT END LIKE ESCAPE VALVE

air valve
ball valve
bleed valve
butterfly valve
check valve
cut-off valve
foot valve
gate valve
halve
intake valve
mitral valve
needle valve
outlet valve
overhead valve
poppet valve
relief valve
safety valve
slide valve
throttle valve
tyre valve
vacuum valve

Synonyms and antonyms of escape valve in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «escape valve» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ESCAPE VALVE

Find out the translation of escape valve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of escape valve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «escape valve» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逃生阀
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

válvula de escape
570 millions of speakers

English

escape valve
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वाल्व भागने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الهروب صمام
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

бежать клапан
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

válvula de escape
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অব্যাহতি ভালভ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soupape d´échappement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Melepaskan injap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ventil entweichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

バルブを逃れる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밸브를 탈출
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nylametake tutup
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thoát khỏi van
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வால்வு தப்பிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बचावासाठी झडप
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kaçış valfi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

valvola di sfogo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

uciec zawór
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бігти клапан
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scăpa de supapă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ξεφύγουν βαλβίδα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ontsnap klep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fly ventil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unnslippe ventil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of escape valve

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPE VALVE»

The term «escape valve» is normally little used and occupies the 122.624 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ESCAPE VALVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about escape valve

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QUOTES WITH «ESCAPE VALVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word escape valve.
1
Peter Schiff
People should have an escape valve for their money, their assets. If you have substantial financial assets, the government is going to confiscate the purchasing power of those assets and spend it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ESCAPE VALVE»

Discover the use of escape valve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to escape valve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a device for charging a valve-controlled pressure chamber of a pneumatic gun, the combination of a pressure conduit, an escape-valve placed in the said pressure conduit and adapted to be operated by pressure from without, and means ...
2
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
sage and the motive-fluid chamber and contacting said escape-valve, means for holding one of said valves normally closed, an expansible disk, and means whereby the expanding movement of said disk ia imparted through said movable wall ...
United States. Patent Office, 1904
3
The Federal Reporter: With Key-number Annotations ...
of a piston case, containing a piston governing a charging valve held up to its seat partly by fluid pressure, and partly by a spring, and an escape valve held down to its seat partly by gravity, and partly by a preponderance of fluid pressure on its ...
Robert Desty, James Wells Goodwin, Peyton Boyle, 1894
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ...
The crank arm is screwed up in order to open the escape valve, and after the proper amount has been discharged the escape valve automatically closes in the same way as already shown in the ca-<e of the charging valve." The three claims  ...
5
Reports of patent cases decided by courts of law in the ...
on at page 7, line 3, as follows :—“ In the pipe leading from one of the parts of the “ triple-valve box to the brake cylinder is situated an escape valve for the purpose of “ preventing the brakes from being applied in case of the passage of a small ...
6
Specifications and Drawings of Patents Relating to ...
The bashing s5, in the lower end of this valve chamber, affords a guide for valve- stem N, on the npper end of which is 5 formed the escape-valve n, seating upward against and closing the port s2. This valve has a pin extension, nb, thereon, ...
United States. Patent Office, 1888
7
Practical Lubrication for Industrial Facilities
In such cases it is advisable to use a grease escape valve rather than an exit hole. This prevents over-lubrication and allows relubrication to be carried out, without the machine having to be stopped. A grease escape valve, Figure 12-2, ...
Heinz P. Bloch, 2009
8
Hybrid and Real-Time Systems: International Workshop, ...
As there is only one compressor and one escape valve for all four wheels, to e. g. increase the level at the front right wheel, the compressor has to be turned on, the escape valve must be closed and the valve connected to the suspension of ...
Oded Maler, 1997
9
Reflection and Software Engineering
wheels, each of which has a valve and a height sensor, connected to a compressor and an escape valve. For each wheel of the vehicle, the height of the suspension is increased by opening the wheel valve, closing the escape valve and ...
Walter Cazzola, Robert J. Stroud, Francesco Tisato, 2000
10
Rolling Bearings Handbook and Troubleshooting Guide
96 d = bearing temperature t = operating time in hours a: bearing housing incorporating a grease escape valve b: bearing housing without a grease escape valve Figure 7.8 Temperature pattern obtained during relubrication tests Figure 7.12 ...
Raymond A. Guyer, Jr., 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ESCAPE VALVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term escape valve is used in the context of the following news items.
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China fund turns to HK to sell $816 million Haitong Sec stake
... that the offshore markets may provide a welcome escape valve," said Francis Cheung, head of China and Hong Kong strategy at CLSA. «Reuters, Jul 15»
2
Amy Schumer's Race Controversy Highlights the Gap Between Her …
sounds like a built-in escape valve, allowing an entertainer to take credit for the jokes that land and pawn off the ones that don't on a persona ... «Flavorwire, Jul 15»
3
True Detective Review: "Maybe Tomorrow"
His life has gone to pieces, and the specter of suicide accompanies him like a shadow, a silent companion and a constant escape valve that ... «Paste Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Watch straps: are you a leather or a rubber man?
Other dive watch features include the helium escape valve and unidirectional bezel. The steel case is sized at a chunky 43mm. Prices for the ... «South China Morning Post, Jul 15»
5
Bad boy Nick Kyrgios bounces racket into crowd during third round …
Think of Andy Murray at that age and you have another player who could not control his escape valve. But then again this might just be Kyrgios ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
Dries Van Noten: I can always do better
Luckily he does have one escape valve: his garden. "The fashion world is often a bit hectic for me," he admitted. "When I'm working in my ... «Sunday World, Jul 15»
7
Three-dimensional endodontic obturation the safest and easiest way …
... cement is occluded first, eliminating the escape valve when room temperature systems are employed. Another thermoplastic approach is the ... «Dentistry IQ, Jun 15»
8
Sporty Men's Watches Destined to be Classics
The watch is a COSC-certified chronometer with helium escape valve and antir eflective treatment on both sides of the sapphire for easy ... «Ocean Drive Magazine, Jun 15»
9
Mighty floodgates being installed on McKinstry Street
The bypass will be a giant escape valve for a twisting section of the Napa River, with floodwaters topping its weir and running through it rather ... «Napa Valley Register, Jun 15»
10
"Reflections of the Civil War in Southern Humor"
As is often the case, humor served sometimes as “an escape valve . . . many a 'rebel' would have succumbed to despair” without it. Hall writes ... «Alabama Public Radio, Jun 15»

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