suction

Definitions

General English

• noun the action of sucking out air, so that two surfaces stick together

Aviation

• noun a force that causes a fluid or solid to be drawn into a space because of the difference between the external and internal pressures

Construction

• The absorption of water from a plaster finish coat by the base coat, gypsum block, or gypsum lath, functioning to increase bond and promote better adhesion to the base.
• The adhesion of mortar to brick.
• A vacuum effect created when wind load on a building creates a load in an outward direction.

Medical

• noun a force created by the action of sucking

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• suffix notation
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Contexts for “suction”

6 definitions in context
• General English
• Aviation
• Construction
• Medical