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suction |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Suction \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}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: suction n 1: a force over an area produced by a pressure difference 2: the act of sucking [syn: {sucking}, {suck}]
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