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n. (vacuum pump English)
Usage examples of "vacuum pumps".
They will also have vacuum gauges and a stock of vacuum pumps at their disposal.
The thermal trap lobby was standard across Amethi, a giant leaky airlock arrangement with thermal recyclers instead of vacuum pumps to prevent temperature drop in the domes.
The commlink echoed with the low-powered hum of particle beams, the burble and banging of vacuum pumps.
Then with a whoosh the vacuum pumps kicked in and I felt a slight ache in my ears as the pressure dropped, like an airplane descending.
On one side of each cable was a series of openings which would contact the surface of the rocket and adhere tightly as the vacuum pumps began to take hold.
It was fast, no expensive vacuum pumps were required, and the system could operate for weeks even if the compressor broke down.
Each one had a series of holes through which the vacuum pumps would exert their gripping force as the lifter took hold.
We can be even more extreme: What if the vacuum pumps all the air, and all the contents on the desk, and even the desk itself into the black hole, leaving you in a cold, airless, thoroughly ordered room?