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This tool relates English terms to concepts from the SUMO ontology by means of mappings to WordNet synsets.

According to WordNet, the noun "valve" has 5 sense(s).

105395286 a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it.

104519536 device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone.

101904461 one of the paired hinged shells of certain molluscs and of brachiopods.

104519153 control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid.

101904583 the entire one-piece shell of a snail and certain other molluscs.

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