Definitions for: Suction

[n] the act of sucking
[n] a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
[v] empty or clean by the force of suction, as of a body cavity; "suction the uterus in an abortion"
[v] remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: suck, sucking

See Also: consumption, empty, evacuate, force per unit area, ingestion, intake, pressure, pressure level, uptake, void

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