Pumping
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Pump·ing
a. & n. from pump.
Pumping engine, a steam engine and pump combined for raising water. See Steam engine.
The displacement and ejection of water and suspended fine particles at joints, cracks, and edges.
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Pumping can refer to:
- The operation of a pump, for moving a liquid from one location to another
- The use of a breast pump or milking machine for extraction of milk
- Gastric lavage The process of cleaning the contents of the stomach
- Pumping (oil well), injecting chemicals into a wellbore
- Pumping (computer systems), the number of times data is transmitted per clock cycle
- Pump (skateboarding), a process by which longboard skateboarders accelerate without pushing off of the ground
- Pumping lemma in the theory of formal languages
- An artifact of audio dynamic range compression
- Optical pumping, a process in which light is used to raise electrons from a lower energy level in an atom or molecule to a higher one
- Weight training ("pumping iron"): building muscle by exercising with weights
- Pumping (audio), a creative misuse of dynamic range compression
- Sexual intercourse
- "Pumping (My Heart)", a song by Patti Smith Group
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