centrifugal pump

British  

noun

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

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centrifugal pump

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 Jefferies, Richard

The high speed at which engines of this class are driven renders it possible to operate a centrifugal pump directly and to mount both the engine and machine which it actuates on the same base.

From Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines by Mathot, R. E.

The action of this mill is really more nearly analogous to that of a centrifugal pump, as no grinding action takes place in it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

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