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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A valve that adjusts the composition of the air-fuel mixture admitted into an airplane carburetor as the air density varies with altitude.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - altitude%20valve

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The equivalent term for "valve" is robinet or vanne when the unit is controlled, whether manually or automatically; robinet is used for all liquids as well as oxygen, while vanne is used for air. Two more equivalents, soupape and clapet, refer to self-operated devices (no external controls), for example: soupape de surpression and clapet de non-retour.  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - altitude%20valve

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol