vacuum pump
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of vacuum pump
First recorded in 1855–60
Example Sentences
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They then used a vacuum pump to concentrate the DNA on a filter, which they tested to confirm that they could extract DNA from the samples and obtain accurate results.
From Science Daily • Nov. 22, 2024
Toyota dealers will inspect a vacuum pump and repair or replace it.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 17, 2021
His large post-operative wound was sealed with a device called a wound vac, which pulls fluid from the wound into a drainage tube attached to a portable vacuum pump.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2021
Every day, she gets some kind of new project, whether it’s a vacuum pump that takes 20 hours to piece together or a manifold that can be repaired quickly.
From The Verge • Mar. 10, 2020
Even Boyle’s vacuum pump produced ‘strange facts’ in the eyes of Aristotelians and Cartesians.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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