SUCTIONS

Verb

suctions

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of suction

Source: Wiktionary

SUCTION

Suc"tion, n. Etym: [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See Suck, v. t.]

Definition: The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers.

– Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively.

– Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pressure. See Illust. of Pump.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition