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vacuum pump

NOUN
air pump
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The researchers first used a vacuum pump to remove air from glass tubes, producing conditions that approximated the near emptiness of space.

From Science Daily Jul. 19, 2026

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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