centrifugal pump
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
His meadow lands were irrigated by the centrifugal pump, and yielded three crops instead of one.
From Hodge and His Masters by Richard Jefferies
The centrifugal pump, however, threatens to supersede pumps of every other kind; and if the centrifugal pump be employed there will be no necessity for pump valves at all.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
There is less loss of effect by the centrifugal pump than by the common pump.
From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by John Bourne, C.E.
Still, it's the first time I've made the acquaintance of any of them, and I shouldn't have fancied one could get a thrill of this kind out of a centrifugal pump.
From For Jacinta by Harold Bindloss
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