safety valve

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈseɪftɪ ˌvælv/
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• General-American: /ˈseɪfti ˌvælv/
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• rhymes with -ælv
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From safety + valve.

See safety-valve.

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: veiligheidsklep — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Arabic: صمام أمان — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Bulgarian: предпазен вентил (predpazen ventil) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Catalan: vàlvula de seguretat — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Catalan: vàlvula d'alleujament — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Catalan: vàlvula d'alleujament de pressió — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Chinese Mandarin: 安全閥 /安全阀 (ānquánfá) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Czech: pojistný ventil — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Danish: sikkerhedsventil — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Dutch: veiligheidsklep — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Dutch: veiligheidsventiel — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Finnish: varoventtiili — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• French: soupape de sécurité — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• French: soupape de décompression — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• French: soupape d'échappement — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• German: Sicherheitsventil — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Hebrew: שסתום בטיחות — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Hungarian: biztonsági szelep — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Hungarian: biztosítószelep — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Italian: valvola di sicurezza — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Italian: valvola di emergenza — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Japanese: 安全弁 (anzenben) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Kazakh: сақтық клапан (saqtyq klapan) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Lithuanian: apsauginis vožtuvas — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Luxembourgish: sécherheetsventil — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Luxembourgish: Iwwerdrockventil — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Macedonian: сигу́рносен ве́нтил (sigúrnosen véntil) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Norwegian Bokmål: sikkerhetsventil — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Persian: شیر ایمنی — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Polish: zawór bezpieczeństwa — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Portuguese: válvula de segurança — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Portuguese: válvula de escape — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Portuguese: válvula de alívio de pressão — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Romanian: supapa de siguranță — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Russian: предохрани́тельный кла́пан (predoxranítelʹnyj klápan) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Spanish: válvula de seguridad — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Spanish: válvula de alivio — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Spanish: válvula de alivio de presión — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Spanish: válvula de escape — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Swedish: säkerhetsventil — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Telugu: సేఫ్టి వాల్వు (sēphṭi vālvu) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Turkish: emniyet supabı — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Ukrainian: запобі́жний кла́пан (zapobížnyj klápan) — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Vietnamese: van an toàn — valve set to open at a pressure below that at which a container holding a gas, vapour, etc., would burst, thus reducing the pressure
• Finnish: paineenpitoventtiili — valve set to close a container holding a gas or vapour to prevent excessive loss of pressure
• Finnish: purkautumiskeino — mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension
• Macedonian: ве́нтил (véntil) — mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension
• Macedonian: сигу́рносен ве́нтил (sigúrnosen véntil) — mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension
• Polish: wentyl — mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension
• Polish: wentyl bezpieczeństwa — mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension
• Portuguese: válvula de escape — mechanism offering relief from physical or emotional pressure or tension
• Finnish: vähimmäisrangaistuksen sivuuttamisen salliva laki — United States law authorizing a judge to disregard mandatory minimum sentences for some criminals with few or no prior offenses