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valve

device that regulates, directs or controls the flow of a fluid or a gas
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valve

Summary

valve ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • valve is a type of artificial physical object[2].
  • valve is a type of in-line component[3].
  • valve is a type of plumbing[4].
  • valve is a type of Q332918[5].
  • valve is part of piping[6].
  • valve's Commons category is recorded as Valves[7].
  • valve's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Valves[8].
  • valve's Commons gallery is recorded as Valve[9].
  • valve's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • valve's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11].
  • valve's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • valve's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • valve's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[14].
  • valve's different from is recorded as valve stem[15].
  • valve's different from is recorded as gate valve[16].
  • valve's different from is recorded as Q16285081[17].
  • valve's different from is recorded as Q231775[18].
  • valve's has list is recorded as list of valves[19].
  • valve's connects with is recorded as Q2359023[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include artificial physical object[2], in-line component[3], plumbing[4], and Q332918[5].

Use and Application

valve is part of piping[6].

Influence

Things named for valve include Valve Corporation[21], a video game developer[22], in United States[23], founded in 1996[24], headquartered in Bellevue[25].

Why It Matters

valve ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (773 views/month).[1] valve has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] valve is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

Entities named for valve include Valve Corporation[21], a video game developer[22], in United States[23], founded in 1996[24], headquartered in Bellevue[25].

Related Entities

Valve Corporation

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . tozen.distributorvalve.ltd. tozen.distributorvalve.ltd. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Valves
    Has list → list of valves
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +2
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 3564, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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