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Shunt Valve

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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 cylinder as a supplementary control.

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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shunt Valve'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shunt-valve.html. 1828.
 
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