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exsuction

/ɪkˈsʌkʃən/

exsuction noun: the act of sucking out.

Noun

exsuction (plural exsuctions)

  1. (archaic) The act of sucking out.
    • VVe thought it not amiſs to try if a Pendulum vvould ſvving faſter, or continue ſvvinging longer in our Receiver, in caſe of the exſuction of the Air, then othervviſe.1659 December 30 (date written), Robert Boyle, “[Experiment 26]”, in New Experiments Physico-Mechanicall, Touching the Spring of the Air, and Its Effects […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] H[enry] Hall...

Forms of exsuction

pluralexsuctions

Origin of exsuction

From Latin ex(s)ugō, ex(s)uctum (“to suck out”), from ex (“out”) + sugō (“to suck”). Equivalent to ex- + suction.

Questions about exsuction

What does exsuction mean?
Exsuction means the act of sucking out.
What part of speech is exsuction?
Exsuction is a noun.
How do you pronounce exsuction?
Exsuction is pronounced /ɪkˈsʌkʃən/.
What is the plural of exsuction?
The plural of exsuction is exsuctions.

Words near exsuction in the dictionary

  1. exstrophic
  2. exstrophied
  3. exstrophies
  4. exstrophy
  5. exsuccous
  6. exsuction
  7. exsuctions
  8. exsudates
  9. exsudatinite
  10. exsudation
  11. exsudations

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