Suction
Suction , noun
[Latin sugere, suctum, to suck; compare Old French suction. See Suck, transitive verb]
The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
Collocations (3)
Suction chamber , the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.
Suction pipe or 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.