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Shunt Valve
Webster's Dictionary
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.