About The Word Suction
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Suction
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What's The Definition Of Suction?
[n] the act of sucking
[n] a force over an area produced by a pressure difference [v] empty or clean by the force of suction, as of a body cavity; "suction the uterus in an abortion" [v] remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs" Synonyms | Synonyms for Suction: suck | sucking Related Terms | Find terms related to Suction: See Also | consumption | empty | evacuate | force per unit area | ingestion | intake | pressure | pressure level | uptake | void Suction In Webster's Dictionary \Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF.
suction. See {Suck}, v. t.]
The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids,
by exhausting the air.
{Suction chamber}, the chamber of a pump into which the
suction pipe delivers.
{Suction pipe}, {Suction valve}, the induction pipe, and
induction valve, of a pump, respectively.
{Suction pump}, the common pump, in which the water is raised
into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of
{Pump}.
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