suction
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈsʌkʃən/
suction (uncountable)
- (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.
- (physics) A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.
- The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
- (dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
- (informal) influence; "pull".
- French: succion
- German: Saugwirkung
- Italian: aspirazione
- Portuguese: sucção
- Russian: вса́сывание
- Spanish: succión
suction (suctions, present participle suctioning; past and past participle suctioned)
- To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
- To draw out the contents of a space.
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