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repump

repump verb: to pump again.

Verb

repump (third-person singular simple present repumps, present participle repumping, simple past and past participle repumped)

  1. (transitive) To pump again.
  2. (transitive) To use a laser to raise an electron (in an atom or ion etc) back to a previous high state.

Forms of repump

third-person singular presentrepumps
present participlerepumping
past participlerepumped
pastrepumped

Origin of repump

From re- + pump.

Questions about repump

What does repump mean?
Repump means to pump again.
What part of speech is repump?
Repump is a verb.
What is the past tense of repump?
The past tense of repump is repumped.

Words near repump in the dictionary

  1. repulverization
  2. repulverize
  3. repulverized
  4. repulverizes
  5. repulverizing
  6. repump
  7. repumped
  8. repumping
  9. repumpings
  10. repumps
  11. repunch

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