exsuction

/ɪkˈsʌkʃən/

Etymology

From Latin ex(s)ugō, ex(s)uctum (“to suck out”), from ex (“out”) + sugō (“to suck”). Equivalent to ex- + suction.

exsuction means the act of sucking out. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

noun

The act of sucking out.“VVe thought it not amiſs to try if a Pendulum vvould ſvving faſter, or continue ſvvinging longer in our Receiver, in caſe of the exſuction of the Air, then othervviſe.”