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pumping

[ puhm-ping ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

the act or process of pumping or the action of a pump.
Meteorology. rapid change in the height of the column in a mercury barometer, resulting from fluctuations in the surrounding air pressure.

Origin of pumping¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; pump ¹ + -ing ¹

So we know that boring down to the bedrock and pumping it full of fluid can cause earthquakes.

Since 2004, US oil output has jumped by about 56 percent, the equivalent of pumping an extra 3.1 million barrels a day.

Google, he claims, is a “good monopoly” because it keeps pumping out fresh ideas.

Scott has struggled to connect with voters in the Sunshine State despite pumping his own dollars into the effort.

They perform as God made them to, diligently pumping out future patriots at 13-month intervals.

Watt's first pumping engine was started at Bloomfield Colliery, March 8, 1776.

They may be made both winding and pumping engines at the same time, if so required.

Trevithick was equally ready with the application of steam-power either for pumping of water or for boring and removing rock.

Then some genius steadied the wind pressure by pumping air into a reservoir partly filled with water.

Wheal Concord pumping engine, in 1827 had a similar air-pump.

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