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relief valve
noun
A safety valve that relieves pressure when it becomes high but before it becomes dangerous.
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Aware that preparations are a relief valve.
For many teenagers, technology is a relief valve.
§ 30.10-55 Pressure vacuum relief valve - TB/ALL.
The floodway is, in effect, a gigantic relief valve.
"It's a relief valve for parents," he said.
This can be done by recalibrating the relief valve that vents excess pressure.
"It took away the one relief valve that conservatives have had for a long time.
A common pressure relief device is a spring-loaded pressure relief valve.
Relief valve means a valve used only to release an unplanned, nonroutine discharge.
Lamellar projections in the endolymphatic sac act as a relief valve to regulate inner ear pressure.
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At a certain point, a pressure-relief valve opens.
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