Suction /(?)/
Suc·tion
Suction
n.
- The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
Phrases & Compounds
- Suction chamber
- the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.
- Suction pipe
- 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.