pumpage
pumpage noun: that which is raised by pumps.
Noun
pumpage (countable and uncountable, plural pumpages)
- That which is raised by pumps.
- The amount of work done by pumps.
- A comparison of Silurian dolomite aquifer water-level hydrographs and pumpage graphs indicates that in general water-level decline is directly proportional to pumpage and suggests that recharge balances discharge.1962, Arthur John Zeizel, Ground-water resources of Du Page County, Illinois
Forms of pumpage
| plural | pumpages |
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Origin of pumpage
From pump + -age.
Questions about pumpage
- What does pumpage mean?
- Pumpage means that which is raised by pumps.
- What part of speech is pumpage?
- Pumpage is a noun.
- What is the plural of pumpage?
- The plural of pumpage is pumpages.
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