Pumpless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a pump. not-comparable

    "Between Paris and Lyons the substation rectifiers were multi-anode units with vacuum pumps, either water- or air-cooled (the pumpless type having come later into general use on the Continent than in Britain and being first used for main-line traction in France in 1953)."

Example

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"Between Paris and Lyons the substation rectifiers were multi-anode units with vacuum pumps, either water- or air-cooled (the pumpless type having come later into general use on the Continent than in Britain and being first used for main-line traction in France in 1953)."

Etymology

From pump + -less.

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