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noun

a device that causes an electrically conducting fluid to flow by means of electromagnetic induction.

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Words nearby electromagnetic pump

electromagnetic force, electromagnetic induction, electromagnetic interaction, electromagnetic moment, electromagnetic pulse, electromagnetic pump, electromagnetic radiation, electromagnetics, electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic unit, electromagnetic wave

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How to use electromagnetic pump in a sentence

Her slight miscalculation of how to fix the situation leads to her driving around the gas pump.
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Some are homes and some are pump houses, and you can only tell the difference when you see human silhouettes scurry on rooftops.
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Two feet from the sawed-off stump of a third willow is the small foot-pump carousel Ray was sitting on when he shot himself.
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The electromagnetic force between the electrons lets you pick up the cup, counteracting gravity in the process.
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To accommodate patients getting chemotherapy at odd hours, Hrushesky used a pump that operated automatically.
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The formula would be: “The pump invented—Drain a well ,” or Water raised in a hollow.
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At Wheal Alfred they have a 64-inch cylinder; the air-pump is 20 inches, and the stroke is half that of the engine.
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I observe that you have ordered the pump, and from the description you give of it, I think it will answer very well.
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It was placed immediately over the shaft and pump-rods, requiring no engine-beam.
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A feed-pump forced water into the boilers; each had a safety-valve with a lever and weight.
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British Dictionary definitions for electromagnetic pump

electromagnetic pump

noun

a device for pumping liquid metals by placing a pipe between the poles of an electromagnet and passing a current through the liquid metal

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