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suc·tion

(sŭk′shən)

1. The act or process of sucking.

2. A force that causes a fluid or solid to be drawn into an interior space or to adhere to a surface because of the difference between the external and internal pressures.

tr.v. suc·tioned, suc·tion·ing, suc·tions

1. To draw away or remove by the force of suction: suction fluid from the lungs.

2. To clean or evacuate (a body cavity, for example) by the force of suction.

adj.

1. Creating suction.

2. Operating or operated by suction.

[Late Latin sūctiō, sūctiōn-, from Latin sūctus, past participle of sūgere, to suck; see seuə- in Indo-European roots.]

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suction

(ˈsʌkʃən)

1. the act or process of sucking

2. (General Physics) the force or condition produced by a pressure difference, as the force holding a suction cap onto a surface

3. (General Physics) the act or process of producing such a force or condition

[C17: from Late Latin suctiō a sucking, from Latin sūgere to suck]

ˈsuctional adj

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suc•tion

(ˈsʌk ʃən)

n.

1. the act, process, or condition of sucking.

a. the force that, owing to a pressure differential, attracts a fluid or a solid to where the pressure is lowest.

b. the act or process of creating such a force.

v.t.

3. to draw out or remove by aspiration.

[1605–15; < Late Latin sūctiō sucking = Latin sūg(ere) to suck + -tiō -tion]

suc·tion

(sŭk′shən)

An act or force that reduces the pressure in a space, causing a fluid or solid to flow into it from a region of greater pressure.

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Noun	1.	suction - a force over an area produced by a pressure difference force per unit area, pressure, pressure level - the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit); "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure"
	2.	suction - the act of sucking suck, sucking consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake - the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)
Verb	1.	suction - remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs" suction - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion"
	2.	suction - empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; "suction the uterus in an abortion" surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, surgery, operation - a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body; "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery" void, empty, evacuate - excrete or discharge from the body suction - remove or draw away by the force of suction; "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"

Translations

شَفْط الهَواء، تَفْريغمَص، رِضاعَه

sáníodsávání

oppumpningopsugningsugning

Saugwirkung lutschen

chupar succión succionar

succion sucer

szívásszivattyúzásszívóhatás

loftsogsog

aspirazione succhiare

siurbimas

piesūkšanāszīšana

innsuging

nasávanieodsávaniesanie

emişemmehavasını alma

吸吸力

suction

[ˈsʌkʃən]

A. N → succión f, aspiración f
by suction → por succión or aspiración

B. CPD suction cup N → ventosa f
suction disc N → ventosa f
suction pump N → bomba f de aspiración, bomba f de succión
suction valve N → válvula f de aspiración

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suction

[ˈsʌkʃ^ən] n → succion fsuction disc n → ventouse fsuction pad n → ventouse fsuction pump n → pompe f aspirante

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suction

n → Saugwirkung f; (caused by air or water currents) → Sog m

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suction

[ˈsʌkʃ/ən] n (Tech) → aspirazione f

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suction

(ˈsakʃən) noun

1. the action of sucking.

2. the process of creating a vacuum by reducing air pressure on the surface of a liquid so that it can be drawn up into a tube etc, or between two surfaces, eg a rubber disc and a wall, so that they stick together.

suc·tion

n. succión, aspiración;

___ device → dispositivo de ___.

suction

n succión f

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Armed men and women flocked out of the Quarter so fast, and drew even these last dregs after them with such a force of suction, that within a quarter of an hour there was not a human creature in Saint Antoine's bosom but a few old crones and the wailing children.

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For one instant, I thought the unhappy man, entangled with the poulp, would be torn from its powerful suction. Seven of the eight arms had been cut off.

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We were caught in the suction only enough to be drawn backward a few yards, neither of us being carried beneath the surface.

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The swarthy little gentleman from San Francisco sprang nimbly from his perch, caught something in the air with his hat, as a boy catches a butterfly, and vanished into the chimney as if drawn up by suction.

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At last, therefore, and after so long estrangement from everything that the world acted or enjoyed, they had been drawn into the great current of human life, and were swept away with it, as by the suction of fate itself.

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They held things more clumsily; drinking by suction, feeding by gnawing, grew commoner every day.

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This process is effected by two methods: the air is swallowed, and is then forced into the cavity of the body, its return being prevented by a muscular contraction which is externally visible: but the water enters in a gentle stream through the mouth, which is kept wide open and motionless; this latter action must, therefore, depend on suction. The skin about the abdomen is much looser than that on the back; hence, during the inflation, the lower surface becomes far more distended than the upper; and the fish, in consequence, floats with its back downwards.

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Not one of us uttered a sound till the mate, after imbibing--by means of suction out of a saucer- his second cup of tea, exclaimed: "Where the devil is the man gone to?"

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We were dragged hither and yon by warm or, frozen suctions, belched up on the tops of wulii-was, spun down by vortices and clubbed aside by laterals under a dizzying rush of stars in the, company of a drunken moon.

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The bill still allows suction dredging in less sensitive areas, under a permitting system.

Protecting waterways

-- Serres Inc., a leading manufacturer of surgical suction systems for healthcare professionals, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Massachusetts General Hospital in which Serres Suction systems will be used in all operating room (OR) procedures.

Serres upgrades Massachusetts General Hospital operating room surgical suction systems

He studied the effectiveness of a steel screen attached to the suction entrance of a model cutter dredge to keep debris from entering the dredge pump system.