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| air chamber |
a compartment in which air is confined for a special use, as in a pump, a hydraulic fluid regulator, or a living organism. |
| air pressure |
the pressure of compressed air, as in a tire or pump, or the pressure of the earth's atmosphere. |
| air pump |
a pump for suctioning, compressing, or injecting air. |
| atrium |
either of the two upper compartments of the heart; auricle. Blood returning from the body flows into the atria, which pump the blood to the ventricles, the lower compartments of the heart. [1/2 definitions] |
| bicycle pump |
a small pump used to inflate bicycle tires, esp. a hand-held pump that may be attached to a bicycle frame when not in use. |
| cardiac arrest |
the failure of the heart to pump blood; heart attack. |
| cylinder |
in a pump or engine, the cylinder-shaped chamber in which a piston moves. [1/5 definitions] |
| donkey |
of an engine, pump, or the like, auxiliary. [1/3 definitions] |
| exhaust |
a device for drawing out air or waste vapors, such as a vacuum pump. [1/11 definitions] |
| fire engine |
a large truck that carries firefighters and their tools to a fire. Fire engines usually have a ladder and a pump for spraying water or chemicals used to put out fires. |
| force pump |
a pump with a valveless plunger, used to raise the level of a liquid or convey it through a pipe by the application of pressure. |
| fountain |
one or more jets or sprays of water created by artificial means, as by a pump, or the apparatus or structure from which the water issues or over which it falls. [1/5 definitions] |
| handcar |
a small platform or open car on wheels, usu. powered by a hand pump and used on a railway to transport railroad workers and equipment over short distances. |
| heart failure |
the inability of the heart to pump enough blood to and from the body tissue, often resulting in death. |
| hydraulic ram |
a water pump or device using the energy of downward flowing water to lift a part of the water for some other use. |
| prime |
to prepare (a pump) for use by pouring water in to force out air. [1/17 definitions] |
| pump1 |
to move using a pump or as if using a pump. [3/2 definitions] |
| suction pump |
a pump that draws up liquid by means of the vacuum created by the motion of a piston. |
| sump |
a well or pit into which fluids drain for collection and usu. removal, as by means of a pump. [1/2 definitions] |
| sump pump |
a pump that expels liquid, esp. from a sump. |
| ventricle |
either of the two lower compartments of the heart. Ventricles receive blood from the upper compartments, called atria, and pump it to the lungs and throughout the body. |
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