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kingston valve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.59 in modern English

Syllables
kingston -valve
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A valve fitted in the bottom of a ship's fuel, water or ballast tank that allows seawater to enter for the purposes of cleaning and to admit water ballast.

Etymology

After its inventor John Kingston (1786-1847), an English engineer.

Inflected Forms

Kingston valves (plural)

Questions

What does kingston valve mean?
A valve fitted in the bottom of a ship's fuel, water or ballast tank that allows seawater to enter for the purposes of cleaning and to admit water ballast.
Where does kingston valve come from?
After its inventor John Kingston (1786-1847), an English engineer.

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