inlet valve

English

Noun

inlet valve (plural inlet valves)

  1. (in an internal combustion engine) A valve that lets fuel into a cylinder.
    • 1958 April, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265:
      Individual cylinder heads are fitted each with two inlet and two exhaust valves, a fuel injector and a pre-combustion chamber.
  2. (in a steam engine) A valve that lets steam into a cylinder.
  3. (of water) A valve that lets water into a cistern, or wherever it is required.
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