Found 2 items, similar to suction pump.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: suction pump
suction pump
n : a pump for raising fluids by suction
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Suction pump
Suction
\Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF.
suction. See
Suck, v. t.]
The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids,
by exhausting the air.
[1913 Webster]
Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the
suction pipe delivers.
Suction pipe,
Suction valve, the induction pipe, and
induction valve, of a pump, respectively.
Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised
into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of
Pump.
[1913 Webster]