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Definition of Suctions
1. suction [v] - See also: suction
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suctions
Literary usage of Suctions
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Popular Science Monthly (1895)
"At about this date all the engines of the New York department were provided with
suctions. Proba- Fio. 5.—FIRST SUCTION HAND ENGINE. ..."
2. A Pocket-book of Marine Engineering Rules and Tables: For the Use of Marine by Albert Edward Seaton, Henry Morrison Rounthwaite (1922)
"Not lesa than three steam pump suctions, of the sizes given in the Table, ...
Bilge suctions m Vessels with Double Bottoms.—There must be one suction in ..."
3. Visible Speech: The Science ... of Universal Alphabetics; Or Self by Alexander Melville Bell (1867)
"CONSONANT suctions. The formation of the ' shut' consonants by suction (<) gives
rise to a peculiar class of elements. The 'lip-shut' symbol followed by the ..."
4. Practical Shipbuilding: A Treatise on the Structural Design and Building of by A. Campbell Holms (1918)
"In holds towards the bow and stern, or in 'midship, sharp-bottomed holds, suctions
are only required over the keel, two in large holds and one in small. ..."
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