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Webster 1913 Edition
Suction
Suc′tion
,Noun.
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
.Webster 1828 Edition
Suction
SUC'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of drawing, as fluids into a pipe or other thing.Definition 2024
suction
suction
English
Noun
suction (uncountable)
- The principle of physics by which matter is drawn from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first.
- The principle of physics by which one item is caused to adhere to another because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.
- The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
- (dentistry) A device for removing patients saliva during dental operations, saliva ejector.
- (informal) influence, pull
Translations
the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another
Verb
suction (third-person singular simple present suctions, present participle suctioning, simple past and past participle suctioned)
- To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
- To draw out the contents of a space.
Translations
process
See also
- suction cup
- suction pad
- suction stop