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 Suc·tion n.  The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
 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.
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