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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

"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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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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

The whole of the interior surface is washed with a fountain of alkali, kept in circulation by means of a small centrifugal pump.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 "Arculf" to "Armour, Philip" by Various

The propeller of this consisted of a strong centrifugal pump, with vertical axis, actuated by a low pressure engine.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 by Various

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