suction
noun
the act, process, or condition of sucking.
suctional
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a word derived from
suction.
Example Sentences
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Here, the resistant medium brings about a darkening of our field of vision, while the lightness-effect springs from a direct meeting of the eye with light, and so with the suctional effect of negative density.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
Their peculiar hooting invariably preceded feeding; it had no modulation, and was, I believe, in no sense a signal, but merely the expiration of air preparatory to the suctional operation.
From The War of the Worlds by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
It became a question, then, of finding a chimney which, with small dimensions, should have great suctional power.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884 by Various
Natural phenomena brought about by the suctional effect of the earth's levity-field.
From Man or Matter by Ernst Lehrs
