vacuum pump

vacuum pump

a pump used to draw air or gas out of sealed space
pulsometer (sense )

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vacuum pump

noun

A pump used to evacuate an enclosure.
See pulsometer.

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Noun

(plural vacuum pumps)

A piece of equipment used for extraction of gas or vapour from an enclosed space, leaving the container with a partial vacuum.

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The steam rising from the latter is passed into a similar pan, in which it circulates round another set of pipes, but as it could not bring the liquid in the latter to boil under ordinary conditions, the second pan is connected with a vacuum-pump so that the boiling-point of the liquid in this pan is lowered.

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