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21pump — I. noun Etymology: Middle English pumpe, pompe; akin to Middle Low German pumpe pump, Middle Dutch pompe Date: 15th century 1. a device that raises, transfers, delivers, or compresses fluids or that attenuates gases especially by suction or… …
22Fluid dynamics — Continuum mechanics …
23fluid mechanics — an applied science dealing with the basic principles of gaseous and liquid matter. Cf. fluid dynamics. [1940 45] * * * Study of the effects of forces and energy on liquids and gases. One branch of the field, hydrostatics, deals with fluids at… …
24pump — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a machine, usu. with rotary action or the reciprocal action of a piston, for raising or moving liquids, compressing gases, inflating tyres, etc. 2 an instance of pumping; a stroke of a pump. v. 1 tr. (often foll. by in, out, into …
25pump-priming — noun 1》 the introduction of fluid into a pump to prepare it for working. 2》 the stimulation of economic activity by investment. Derivatives pump prime verb pump primer noun …
26Pump leak model — The pump leak model is a mechanism for the reabsorption of sodium in the kidney nephrons, in order to achieve the euvolemic state.The pump is the active transport of sodium from the tubular cell into the interstitial space at the basolateral… …
27pump priming — /pʌmp ˈpraɪmɪŋ/ (say pump pruyming) noun 1. the procedure of filling a pump with fluid so as to expel air and increase its starting efficiency. 2. government action aimed at stimulating an economic recovery, as by increasing expenditure and… …
28Gear pump — [ Gerotor pump] A Gear pump uses the meshing of gears to pump fluid by displacement. They are one of the most common types of pumps for hydraulic fluid power applications. Gear pumps however are also widely used in chemical installations to pump… …
29centrifugal pump — Machine for moving liquids and gases. Its two major parts are the impeller (a wheel with vanes) and the circular pump casing around it. In the most common type, called the volute centrifugal pump, fluid enters the pump at high speed near the… …
30Circulating pump — Pump Pump, n. [Akin to D. pomp, G. pumpe, F. pompe; of unknown origin.] An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other… …
