faulty valve
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffaultyandvalve
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faulty
adjective
uk/ˈfɒl.ti/us/ˈfɑːl.t̬i/
A faulty machine or device is not perfectly made or does not ...
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valve
noun[C]
uk/vælv/us/vælv/
a device that opens and closes to control the flow of liquids or gases, or a similar structure in the heart and the veins that controls the flow ...
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(Definition offaultyandvalvefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The technique for assessing afaultyvalvecan be explained simply.
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What had happened was that propane gas had been leaking overnight through afaultyvalve.
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It sprang a leak through afaultyvalve, and it was a potentially dangerous situation.
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He believed that one of the valves was incorrectly fitted, or that there was just afaultyvalve.
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It was found later that afaultyvalvewas responsible.
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It was found out that part of the contaminated water passed through only one of the system's three adsorbent chambers because of thefaultyvalvesetting.
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The balloon reached 16,000 meters where an accidental release of hydrogen, probably caused by afaultyvalve, forced it into an unexpected descent.
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Intertechnique traced the problem to afaultyvalvewithin the equipment, which caused of fuel to leak, and modified the parts accordingly.
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Leaks of steam from faulty valves and joints cause tremendous losses.
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I have a letter from a constituent who possesses two of those faulty valves.
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It has been established that faulty valves have been responsible for at least 250 deaths worldwide.
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None of the deaths was related to faulty valves.
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Unfortunately, that is a critical issue today, because, in the early 1980s, a number of faulty valves were fitted.
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Due to their faulty valves, two of them (one black and one white) self-inflate.
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