suctional
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]suctional (not comparable)
- Relating to suction.
- 1898, H.G. Wells, The War of the Worlds, London: William Heinemann, page 213:
- Their peculiar hooting invariably preceded feeding; it had no modulation, and was, I believe, in no sense a signal, but merely the expiration of air preparatory to the suctional operation.