centrifugal pump

noun

1. a pump having a high-speed rotating impeller whose blades throw the water outwards

Example Sentences

The reciprocating pump is a reversed pressure engine, and the centrifugal pump a reversed turbine.

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Fig. 210 shows a centrifugal pump differing from ordinary centrifugal pumps in one feature only.

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The centrifugal pump, invented by Euler in 1754, was taken up in the nineteenth century and greatly improved.

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The suction is produced by a powerful centrifugal pump, run by a 200 horse power engine.

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The centrifugal pump was direct-connected to a vertical high-speed engine, and the coupling is shown at E in the elevation.

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