suc|tion

suc|tion
suc|tion «SUHK shuhn», noun, adjective.
–n.
1. the process of drawing liquids or gases into a space or of causing surfaces to stick together by producing a vacuum. Lemonade is drawn through a straw by suction.
2. the force caused by suction.
3. the act or process of sucking.
4. any part or device, such as a pipe, which effects, or operates by, suction, or by pressures less than that of the atmosphere.
–adj.
1. causing a suction; working by suction: »

a suction valve.

2. in which suction occurs; into or through which something is forced or drawn by suction: »

a suction line.

╂[< Late Latin sūctiō, -ōnis < Latin sūgere to suck]

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