Category:Suction

Suc"tion, n. Etym: [l. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. Of. suction. See Suck, v. t.]

Defn: 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.