relief valve
溢流阀,泄压阀,缓解阀,释压阀
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- : a device that, when actuated by static pressure above a predetermined level, opens in proportion to the excess above this level and reduces the pressure to it.Compare safety valve.
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We had a multitude of relief valves and reviews and things like that.
In January, an appeal hearing will determine whether he qualifies for post-conviction relief.
And, every election, we have our quasi-comic-relief candidates, your Al Haigs and Gary Bauers and Bill Richardsons.
Take responsibility for an endless stream of people, even as our own suffer, and struggle to get policy relief from Washington.
Such and such a time, such and such a day, then trouble with the valve.
Adnan has an appeal hearing for post-conviction relief set for January.
It was with a feeling of relief on both sides that the arrival of Mr. Haggard, of the Home Office, was announced.
Several suggestions for the relief of the country bank have come to their notice.
But she kept the same tone, and its tender archness only gave a greater sweetness to his sense of relief.
And now everybody turned out with a feeling of intense relief to witness the rejoicings on the village green.
So with its completion, he wrapped it carefully, and sent it to a Chicago publisher, while he sighed with relief.