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Suction

Suction Meaning & Definition
Suction Definition And Meaning

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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