pressure valve

English

Noun

pressure valve (plural pressure valves)

1. A valve designed to open when subjected to a given amount of pressure. Also used figuratively.
   • 2010 October 15, Los Angeles Times:

     WikiLeaks might have provided a pressure valve for those agents who were terribly worried about what might happen and frustrated by their superiors' seeming indifference.

Translations

valve which opens under set amount of pressure

• French: soupape de sécurité (fr) f
• German: Druckventil m
• Romanian: supapă de siguranță f, valvă de presiune f