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1. (n.) suction
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
2. suction
the force that, owing to a pressure differential, attracts a fluid or a solid to where the pressure is lowest.
3. suction
the act or process of creating such a force.
4. (v.t.) suction
to draw out or remove by aspiration.
Etymology: (1605–15; < LL sūctiō sucking = L sūg(ere) to suck+-tiō -tion)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) suction
a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
2. (verb) sucking, suck, suction
the act of sucking
3. (verb) suction
remove or draw away by the force of suction
"the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"
4. (verb) suction
empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
"suction the uterus in an abortion"
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1. (noun) suction
the force that pulls liquid or air out of a space, caused by a difference in pressure
A vacuum cleaner uses suction.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) SUCTION
the act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air
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The Roycroft Dictionary |
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SUCTION
An automatic, murderous and perpetual movement of Society against each individual.
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. SUCTION
The removal of secretions, gas or fluid from hollow or tubular organs or cavities by means of a tube and a device that acts on negative pressure.
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Sense: the action of sucking.
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 Afrikaans: suig |
 Arabic: مَص، رِضاعَه |
 Bulgarian: смучене |
 Brazilian: sucção |
 Czech: sání |
 German: die Saugwirkung |
 Danish: sugning |
 Greek: απομύζηση, ρούφηγμα |
 Spanish: succión |
 Estonian: imemine |
 Farsi: مكش |
 Finnish: imu |
 French: succion |
 Hebrew: יְנִיקָה |
 Hindi: सक्शन |
 Croatian: sisanje, usisavanje |
 Hungarian: szívás |
 Indonesian: penyusuan |
 Icelandic: sog |
 Italian: suzione |
 Japanese: 吸うこと |
 Korean: 빨기 |
 Lithuanian: čiulpimas |
 Latvian: zīšana |
 Malay: sedutan |
 Dutch: zuiging |
 Norwegian: suging |
 Polish: ssanie |
 Persian: مكش |
 Pashto: د رودلو عمل |
 Portuguese: sucção |
 Romanian: sugere |
 Russian: сосание |
 Slovak: sanie |
 Slovenian: sesanje |
 Serbian: usisavanje |
 Swedish: [in]sugning |
 Thai: การดูด |
 Turkish: emme, emiş |
 Taiwanese: 吸 |
 Ukrainian: ссання; смоктання |
 Urdu: چوس کر نکالنا |
 Vietnamese: sự mút |
 Chinese: 吸 |
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