vacuum pump

Definitions

General Science

• noun a pump used to reduce the gas pressure of a container

Construction

• A pump that removes air or steam from a space or system by producing a partial vacuum in the area treated.

Electronics

• A pump, such as a diffusion pump, utilized to create a low, medium, high, very high, ultra-high, or extremely high vacuum in a given enclosure, such as a vacuum tube.

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Contexts for “vacuum pump”

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• General Science
• Construction
• Electronics