diffusion pump

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   vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum

   Synonymscondensation pump

   Broaderair pump

Questions about diffusion pump

What does diffusion pump mean?

diffusion pump means "vacuum pump used to obtain a high vacuum".

What is another word for diffusion pump?

Close synonyms include condensation pump. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is diffusion pump a common word?

diffusion pump is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.