Suction Definition

sŭkshən
suctioned, suctioning, suctions
noun
suctions
The act or process of sucking.
Webster's New World
The production of a vacuum or partial vacuum in a cavity or over a surface so that the external atmospheric pressure forces the surrounding fluid, particulate solid, etc. into the cavity or causes something to adhere to the surface.
Webster's New World
The suction force created in this way.
Webster's New World
The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • suck
  • sucking
  • effect of atmospheric pressures
  • the force of a vacuum
verb
To draw away or remove by the force of suction.
Suction fluid from the lungs.
American Heritage
To clean or evacuate (a body cavity, for example) by the force of suction.
American Heritage
To draw away or remove by the force of suction.
Suction fluid from the lungs.
American Heritage Medicine
To clean or evacuate a body cavity by the force of suction.
American Heritage Medicine
To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
Wiktionary
adjective
Causing suction.
Webster's New World
Operating by suction.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to something that operates by the principle of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
Wiktionary

Origin of Suction

  • Late Latin sūctiō sūctiōn- from Latin sūctus past participle of sūgere to suck seuə-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Latin sugere (to suck)

    From Wiktionary

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