01 n. The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
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The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
Phrases & compounds
Suction chamber —
the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.
Suction pipe —
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.