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air pump

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air pump
a device for pumping air in or out of something

air pump [′er ‚pəmp]
(mechanical engineering)
A device for removing air from an enclosed space or for adding air to an enclosed space.

Air Pump [′er ‚pəmp]
(astronomy)


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Now, a team of university, and industrial engineers has created a prototype, microscale air pump that they say could be fabricated with the techniques used to mass-produce microelectronic components such as transistors.
The pressure of viewers standing on the wooden platform on top of the two layers caused the air pump to inflate the balloons.
The monitor was attached to the shoulder strap of either a backpack or a fanny pack that contained the air pump.
 
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