suction
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English
Etymology
From Latin sūctiō, attested since Late Latin and derived from sūgō (“to suck”). Attested in English since the early 17th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
suction (usually uncountable, plural suctions)
- (physics) A force which pushes matter from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first.
- (physics) A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.
- The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
- (dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
- (informal) influence; "pull".
- 2002 June 9, David Simon, “The Detail” (10:26 from the start), in The Wire, season 1, episode 2 (television production), spoken by Rhonda Pearlman (Deirdre Lovejoy), via HBO:
- He's got some kind of suction with the Mayor's office.
Derived terms
Translations
the process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another
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Verb
suction (third-person singular simple present suctions, present participle suctioning, simple past and past participle suctioned)
- To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
- To draw out the contents of a space.
Antonyms
Translations
process