suction : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: suction	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
suction n a force over an area produced by a pressure difference the act of sucking Synonym(s): sucking, suck, suction v remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs" empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"
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}.