throttle valve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: throttle valve	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for throttle valve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
throttle valve n a valve that regulates the supply of fuel to the engine Synonym(s): accelerator, throttle, throttle valve
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Throttle \Throt"tle\, n. [Dim. of throat. See {Throat}.] 1. The windpipe, or trachea; the weasand. --Sir W. Scott. 2. (Steam Engine) The throttle valve. {Throttle lever} (Steam Engine), the hand lever by which a throttle valve is moved, especially in a locomotive. {Throttle valve} (Steam Engine), a valve moved by hand or by a governor for regulating the supply of steam to the steam chest. In one form it consists of a disk turning on a transverse axis.