Air pump () A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space |
Air pump () A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air. |
Chain pump () A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge. |
Element (n.) One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based. |
Element (n.) One of the ultimate, undecomposable constituents of any kind of matter. Specifically: (Chem.) A substance which cannot be decomposed into different kinds of matter by any means at present employed |
Element (n.) One of the ultimate parts which are variously combined in anything |
Element (n.) One out of several parts combined in a system of aggregation, when each is of the nature of the whole |
Element (n.) One of the smallest natural divisions of the organism, as a blood corpuscle, a muscular fiber. |
Element (n.) One of the simplest essential parts, more commonly called cells, of which animal and vegetable organisms, or their tissues and organs, are composed. |
Element (n.) An infinitesimal part of anything of the same nature as the entire magnitude considered |
Element (n.) Sometimes a curve, or surface, or volume is considered as described by a moving point, or curve, or surface, the latter being at any instant called an element of the former. |
Element (n.) One of the terms in an algebraic expression. |
Element (n.) One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based |
Element (n.) The simplest or fundamental principles of any system in philosophy, science, or art |
Element (n.) Any outline or sketch, regarded as containing the fundamental ideas or features of the thing in question |
Element (n.) One of the simple substances, as supposed by the ancient philosophers |
Element (n.) The four elements were, air, earth, water, and fire |
Element (n.) the conditions and movements of the air. |
Element (n.) The elements of the alchemists were salt, sulphur, and mercury. |
Element (n.) The whole material composing the world. |
Element (n.) The bread and wine used in the eucharist or Lord's supper. |
Element (v. t.) To compound of elements or first principles. |
Element (v. t.) To constitute |
Force pump () A pump having a solid piston, or plunger, for drawing and forcing a liquid, as water, through the valves |
Force pump () A pump adapted for delivering water at a considerable height above the pump, or under a considerable pressure |
Hogger-pump (n.) The for pump in the pit. |
Pump (n.) A low shoe with a thin sole. |
Pump (n.) An hydraulic machine, variously constructed, for raising or transferring fluids, consisting essentially of a moving piece or piston working in a hollow cylinder or other cavity, with valves properly placed for admitting or retaining the fluid as it is drawn or driven through them by the action of the piston. |
Pump (v. t.) To raise with a pump, as water or other liquid. |
Pump (v. t.) To draw water, or the like, from |
Pump (v. t.) Figuratively, to draw out or obtain, as secrets or money, by persistent questioning or plying |
Pump (v. i.) To work, or raise water, a pump. |
Sprengel pump () A form of air pump in which exhaustion is produced by a stream of mercury running down a narrow tube, in the manner of an aspirator |
pump priming | introducing water into a pump to improve the seal and start the water flowing |
deficit spending compensatory spending pump priming | spending money raised by borrowing, used by governments to stimulate their economy |
air pump vacuum pump | a pump that moves air in or out of something |
auxiliary pump donkey pump | a supplementary pump available if needed |
bicycle pump | a small pump that fills bicycle tires with air |
bilge pump | a pump to remove bilgewater |
centrifugal pump | a pump that use centrifugal force to discharge fluid into a pipe |
component constituent element | an artifact that is one of the individual parts of which a composite entity is made up, especially a part that can be separated from or attached to a system, spare components for cars, a component or constituent element of a system |
condensation pump diffusion pump | vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum |
detector sensor sensing element | any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner |
force pump | pump used to force a liquid up and expel it under pressure |
gas pump gasoline pump petrol pump island dispenser | a pump in a service station that draws gasoline from underground storage tanks |
hand pump | a pump worked by hand |
heating element | the component of a heater or range that transforms fuel or electricity into heat |
heat pump | apparatus that extracts heat from a liquid that is at a higher temperature than its surroundings, can be used to transfer heat from a reservoir outside in order to heat a building |
hydraulic pump hydraulic ram | a water pump that uses the kinetic energy of flowing water to force a small fraction of that water to a reservoir at a higher level |
ion pump | a vacuum pump that removes gas by ionizing the atoms or molecules and adsorbing them on a metal surface |
lift pump | pump used to lift rather than force a liquid up |
logic element | an electronic device that performs an elementary logic operation |
oil pump | a pump that keeps a supply of oil on moving parts |
pixel pel picture element | (computer science) the smallest discrete component of an image or picture on a CRT screen (usually a colored dot), the greater the number of pixels per inch the greater the resolution |
pump | a mechanical device that moves fluid or gas by pressure or suction |
pump | a lowut shoe without fastenings |
pump action slide action | action mechanism in a modern rifle or shotgun, a back and forward motion of a sliding lever ejects the empty shell case and cocks the firearm and loads a new round |
pump house pumping station | a house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated |
pump room | a pump house at a spa where medicinal waters are pumped and where patrons gather |
pump-type pliers | a type of pliers |
pump well | an enclosure in the middle of a ship's hold that protects the ship's pumps |
spectator pump spectator | a woman's pump with medium heel, usually in contrasting colors for toe and heel |
stirrup pump | a hand-operated reciprocating pump, used in fighting fires |
stomach pump | a suction pump used to remove the contents of the stomach |
suction pump | a pump for raising fluids by suction |
sump pump | a suction pump for removing liquid from a sump |
threshold element threshold gate | a logic element that performs a threshold operation |
water pump | the pump in the cooling system of an automobile that cause the water to circulate |
heart pump ticker | the hollow muscular organ located behind the sternum and between the lungs, its rhythmic contractions move the blood through the body, he stood still, his heart thumping wildly |
plot element | a component or element of the plot of a story |
component constituent element factor ingredient | an abstract part of something, jealousy was a component of his character, two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony, the grammatical elements of a sentence, a key factor in her success, humor: an effective ingredient of a speech |
pump-and-dump scheme | an illegal scheme for making money by manipulating stock prices, the schemer persuades other people to buy the stock and then sells it himself as soon as the price of the stock rises |
element | the most favorable environment for a plant or animal, water is the element of fishes |
elements | violent or severe weather (viewed as caused by the action of the four elements), they felt the full fury of the elements |
identity identity element identity operator | an operator that leaves unchanged the element on which it operates, the identity under numerical multiplication is |
element | a straight line that generates a cylinder or cone |
element of a cone | a straight line joining the apex and a point on the base |
element of a cylinder | a straight line running the length of the cylinder |
element | the situation in which you are happiest and most effective, in your element |
chemical element element | any of the more than known substances (of which occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter |
transuranic element | any element having an atomic number greater than (which is the atomic number of uranium), all are radioactive |
rare earth rare-earth element lanthanoid lanthanide lanthanon | any element of the lanthanide series (atomic numbers through ) |
metallic element metal | any of several chemical elements that are usually shiny solids that conduct heat or electricity and can be formed into sheets etc. |