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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.