Definition of Air pump

1. Noun. A pump that moves air in or out of something.

Exact synonyms: Vacuum Pump
Specialized synonyms: Condensation Pump, Diffusion Pump, Inflater, Inflator, Ion Pump
Generic synonyms: Pump

Definition of Air pump

1. Noun. A pump that moves air either into, or out of, something. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Air pump

1. 1. A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air of force in into a closed space. 2. A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Air Pump

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air plants
air pocket
air pollutant
air pollutants
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air potato
air potatoes
air power
air pressure
air pump (current term)
air pumps
air purifier
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air quotes
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air raid siren
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air reconnaissance
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air ride
air rifle
air rifles

Literary usage of Air pump

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Transactions by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1916)
"The objection to using the air pump for steam recompression is self-evident, while if a hurling water air pump is used in order to condense the steam, ..."

2. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"3—Showing a compound air pump with an air pressure gauge attached. ... Flg. i—A compound hand air pump principle is the same as that employed in a power ..."

3. A Compendium of the Course of Chemical Instruction in the Medical Department by Robert Hare (1828)
"The exhaustion of this tube, and that of any vessel placed over the air pump plate, proceed simultaneously, and consequently the mercury is forced up from ..."

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