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VACUUM PUMP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A pump that moves air in or out of something
Synonyms:
air pump; vacuum pump
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("vacuum pump" is a kind of...):
pump (a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "vacuum pump"):
condensation pump; diffusion pump (vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum)
inflater; inflator (an air pump operated by hand to inflate something (as a tire))
ion pump (a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface)
