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suction

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suction
1. the force or condition produced by a pressure difference, as the force holding a suction cap onto a surface
2. the act or process of producing such a force or condition
suction
1. In plastering, the absorption of water from a plaster finish coat by the base coat (or the base, such as block or gypsum lath), thus providing a better bond and causing it to adhere to the base coat.
2. The adhesion of mortar to bricks.
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Armed men and women flocked out of the Quarter so fast, and drew even these last dregs after them with such a force of suction, that within a quarter of an hour there was not a human creature in Saint Antoine's bosom but a few old crones and the wailing children.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
For one instant, I thought the unhappy man, entangled with the poulp, would be torn from its powerful suction.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea by Verne, Jules View in context
They held things more clumsily; drinking by suction, feeding by gnawing, grew commoner every day.
The Island of Doctor Moreau by Wells, H.G. View in context
 
 
 
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