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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  suction
       n 1: a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
       2: the act of sucking [syn: sucking, suck]
       v 1: remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors
            had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"
       2: empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction;
          "suction the uterus in an abortion"

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  suction
     n.
     1 (lb en physics) A force which pushes matter from one space into
  another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the
  pressure in the first.
     2 (lb en physics) A force holding two objects together because the
  pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure
  outside that space.
     3 The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter
  from one place to another.
     4 (lb en dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's
  mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
     5 (lb en informal) influence; "pull".
     vb.
     1 To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in
  order to draw matter between the spaces.
     2 To draw out the contents of a space.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  suction
     n.
     1 (lb en physics) A force which pushes matter from one space into
  another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the
  pressure in the first.
     2 (lb en physics) A force holding two objects together because the
  pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure
  outside that space.
     3 The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter
  from one place to another.
     4 (lb en dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's
  mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
     5 (lb en informal) influence; "pull".
     vb.
     1 To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in
  order to draw matter between the spaces.
     2 To draw out the contents of a space.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  suction
     n.
     1 (lb en physics) A force which pushes matter from one space into
  another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the
  pressure in the first.
     2 (lb en physics) A force holding two objects together because the
  pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure
  outside that space.
     3 The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter
  from one place to another.
     4 (lb en dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's
  mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
     5 (lb en informal) influence; "pull".
     vb.
     1 To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in
  order to draw matter between the spaces.
     2 To draw out the contents of a space.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  suction
     n.
     1 (lb en physics) A force which pushes matter from one space into
  another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the
  pressure in the first.
     2 (lb en physics) A force holding two objects together because the
  pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure
  outside that space.
     3 The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter
  from one place to another.
     4 (lb en dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's
  mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
     5 (lb en informal) influence; "pull".
     vb.
     1 To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in
  order to draw matter between the spaces.
     2 To draw out the contents of a space.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  suction
     Englanti n.
     imu

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Suction /sˈʌkʃən/
  الإمتصاص

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  suction //ˈsʌkʃən// 
  всмукване, засмукване
  the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  suction //ˈsʌkʃən// 
  засмуквам
  process