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A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor, used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends of the low-pressure cylin…

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  1. A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue of escape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor, used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends of the pressure">low-pressure cylinder as a supplementary control.
  2. A valve permitting a fluid under pressure an easier avenue ofescape than normally; specif., a valve, actuated by the governor,used in one system of marine-engine governing to connect both ends ofthe pressure">low-pressure cylinder as a supplementary control.