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centrifugal pump

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noun

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

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The biggest challenge comes when the growing fish must be moved to the largest tanks, which requires a large centrifugal pump.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 9, 2023

Both deliver 1,600 gph�the highest volume of any centrifugal pump on the market.

From Time Magazine Archive

A clean strainer is particularly important on a centrifugal pump because the absence of positive displacement means that even the slightest restriction in the liquid�s path can cause a reduction or stoppage in flow.

From Time Magazine Archive

An investigation on the company's part followed, and the firm which furnished the centrifugal pump and engine was next in order to receive complaints.

From Steam Turbines A Book of Instruction for the Adjustment and Operation of the Principal Types of this Class of Prime Movers by Collins, Hubert E. (Hubert Edwin)

There is less loss of effect by the centrifugal pump than by the common pump.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.