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suctional

suctional adjective: relating to suction.

Adjective

suctional (not comparable)

  1. Relating to suction.
    • Their peculiar hooting invariably preceded feeding; it had no modulation, and was, I believe, in no sense a signal, but merely the expiration of air preparatory to the suctional operation.1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 213

Origin of suctional

From suction + -al.

Questions about suctional

What does suctional mean?
Suctional means relating to suction.
What part of speech is suctional?
Suctional is an adjective.

Words near suctional in the dictionary

  1. suction stop
  2. suction stops
  3. suction tip
  4. suction valve
  5. suction valves
  6. suctional
  7. suctioned
  8. suctioning
  9. suctionless
  10. suctions
  11. suctiony

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