val·vule

(văl′vyo͞ol′) also val·vu·la (-vyə-lə)

n. pl. val·vules also val·vu·lae (-vyə-lē′)

A small valve or valvelike structure.

[From New Latin valvula, from diminutive of Latin valva, leaf of a door; see valve.]

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Noun

valvula - a small valve

valvelet, valvule

valve - a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it

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Otras no linealidades en los servosistemas neumaticos son la zona muerta de la valvula, saturacion, ancho de banda limitado, relacion no lineal flujo de aire-presion a traves de los orificios de la valvula y los efectos de friccion entre las superficies de contacto en los sellos del actuador, especialmente en aquellas zonas con velocidad cercana a cero (Rahmat, M.F.

Diseno de un Control Regulador para un Sistema de Servo-Posicionamiento Neumatico

La nefritis por derivacion ocurre en pacientes con valvula ventriculoatrial para el manejo de hidrocefalia de origen congenita o adquirida [1].

Glomerulonefritis asociada a derivacion de liquido cefalorraquideo

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