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Plural of suction

regular plural

The plural of suction is suctions.

Forms of suction

Singularsuction /ˈsʌkʃən/
Pluralsuctions
Countableusually uncountable

Meaning of suction

  1. noun A force which pushes matter from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first.
  2. noun A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.
  3. noun The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.

Full definition of suction

Questions about the plural of suction

What is the plural of suction?
The plural of suction is suctions.
Is suction countable?
Suction is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suction (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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