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lift pump definition

lift pump

a suction pump that raises a column of liquid to the level of a spout out of which the liquid runs of its own accord
cf. force pump

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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