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View synonyms for vacuum pump

vacuum pump

noun

  1. a pump or device by which a partial vacuum can be produced.


vacuum pump

noun

  1. a pump for producing a low gas pressure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of vacuum pump1

First recorded in 1855–60
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Example Sentences

A wine vacuum pump removes oxygen from the open bottle to preserve it for longer—it’s the same principle behind most vacuum-sealed foods.

This will give a hollow branch which may be cut off at any desired point, and is then ready for connection to the vacuum pump.

The straight part of the side tube is then constricted ready for fusing off and the whole affair is placed on the vacuum pump.

From the point of romance, the world may lose; the vacuum pump cannot vie with the pretty milkmaid of the songs.

I merely removed the air from the jar with a vacuum pump and the little creature passed out of the picture very quickly.

This is kept hot, and whatever moisture is in the rubber is either evaporated or sucked out by a vacuum pump.

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