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suction

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suc·tion  (skshn)
n.
1. The act or process of sucking.
2. A force that causes a fluid or solid to be drawn into an interior space or to adhere to a surface because of the difference between the external and internal pressures.
tr.v. suc·tioned, suc·tion·ing, suc·tions
1. To draw away or remove by the force of suction: suction fluid from the lungs.
2. To clean or evacuate (a body cavity, for example) by the force of suction.
adj.
1. Creating suction.
2. Operating or operated by suction.

[Late Latin scti, sctin-, from Latin sctus, past participle of sgere, to suck; see seu-2 in Indo-European roots.]

suction
Noun
1. the act or process of sucking
2. the force produced by drawing air out of a space to make a vacuum that will suck in a substance from another space [Latin sugere to suck]

suction  (skshn)
1. A force acting on a fluid caused by difference in pressure between two regions, tending to make the fluid flow from the region of higher pressure to the region of lower pressure.
2. The act of reducing pressure to create such a force, as by the use of a pump or fan.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.suctionsuction - a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
force per unit area, pressure, pressure level - the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
2.suctionsuction - the act of sucking                  
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Verb1.suction - remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"
suction - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"
2.suction - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"
surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
void, empty, evacuate - excrete or discharge from the body
suction - remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"
Translations

suction [ˈsʌkʃən] nsucción f
suction [ˈsʌkʃən] nsuccion f
suction [ˈsʌkʃən] nSaugwirkung f
suction [ˈsʌkʃən] nsucchiamento;
(TECH) → aspirazione f

suction
n suction [ˈsakʃən]
1 the action of sucking. suigمَص، رِضاعَهсмученеsánísugningdie Saugwirkungαπομύζηση, ρούφηγμαsucciónimemineمكشimeminensuccionיְנִיקָהसक्शनsisanje, usisavanjeszíváspenyusuansogsuzione吸うこと빨기čiulpimaszīšanasedutanzuigingsugingssaniesucçãosugereсосаниеsaniesesanjeusisavanje[]sugningการดูดemme, emişссання; смоктанняچوس کر نکالناsự mút
2 the process of creating a vacuum by reducing air pressure on the surface of a liquid so that it can be drawn up into a tube etc, or between two surfaces, eg a rubber disc and a wall, so that they stick together. suigingشَفْط الهَواء، تَفْريغвсмукванеodsáváníopsugning; oppumpningdie Saugwirkungαναρρόφησηsucciónimemineايجاد خلاءimusuccionשְׁאִיבָהचूषणusisavanjeszívóhatás; szivattyúzáspenyedotanloftsogaspirazione吸込み흡수, 흡인siurbimaspiesūkšanāspenyedutanzuigingtrykk, innsuging, pumpingzasysaniesucçãoaspirareвсасывание; присасываниеodsávanie, nasávanieizsesavanjeusisavanjesugning, sugวิธีการที่ใช้ในการผลิตเครื่องดูดฝุ่นโดยการลดแรงดันอากาศบนพื้นผิวของของเหลวซึ่งทำให้ของเหลวสามารถูกดูดขึ้นไปตามท่อได้havasını alma吸力всмоктування; присмоктуванняہوا کا دباؤ کم کرناsự hút

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Armed men and women flocked out of the Quarter so fast, and drew even these last dregs after them with such a force of suction, that within a quarter of an hour there was not a human creature in Saint Antoine's bosom but a few old crones and the wailing children.
For one instant, I thought the unhappy man, entangled with the poulp, would be torn from its powerful suction.
They held things more clumsily; drinking by suction, feeding by gnawing, grew commoner every day.
 
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