suction

1. v. t. The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Source: opted

2. n. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference Source: wordnet

3. n. the act of sucking Source: wordnet

4. v. remove or draw away by the force of suction Source: wordnet

5. v. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction Source: wordnet

6. 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. Source: webster

7. The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids,by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump intowhich the suction pipe delivers.-- Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and inductionvalve, of a pump, respectively.-- Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised intothe barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump. Source: adambom

8. v:12/n:88 n. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference v. remove or draw away by the force of suction v. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction Source: ecdict

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