filter pump
noun
a vacuum pump used to assist laboratory filtrations in which a jet of water inside a glass tube entrains air molecules from the system to be evacuated
Words nearby filter pump
filter feeder, filter feeding, filter out, filter paper, filter press, filter pump, filter tip, filterable, filterable virus, filtering operation, filth
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In the filter-pump, water is used instead of mercury, the pump being connected to an ordinary water-tap.