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air pump
–noun
| 1. | an apparatus for drawing in, compressing, or exhausting air. |
| 2. | (initial capital letters ) Astronomy. the constellation Antlia. |
[Origin: 1650–60]
] | Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. |
air pump
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| air pump
n. A pump for compressing, removing, or forcing a flow of air. |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
| air pump | |
noun | |
| a pump that moves air in or out of something |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
ˈair-pump noun
a pump for forcing air in or out of something
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Air pump
Air" pump`\ 1. (Physics) A kind of pump for exhausting air from a vessel or closed space; also, a pump to condense air or force it into a closed space. 2. (Steam Engines) A pump used to exhaust from a condenser the condensed steam, the water used for condensing, and any commingled air.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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