Pumping
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Pumping can refer to:
- The operation of a pumpPumpA pump is a device used to move fluids, such as liquids, gases or slurries.A pump displaces a volume by physical or mechanical action. Pumps fall into three major groups: direct lift, displacement, and gravity pumps...
, for moving a liquid from one location to another- The use of a breast pumpBreast pumpA breast pump is a mechanical device that extracts milk from the breasts of a lactating woman. Breast pumps may be manual devices powered by hand or foot movements or electrical devices powered by mains electricity or batteries.- History :...
or milking machine for extraction of milk
- The use of a breast pump
- Gastric lavageGastric lavageGastric lavage, also commonly called stomach pumping or Gastric irrigation, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. It has been used for over 200 years as a means of eliminating poisons from the stomach. Such devices are normally used on a person who has ingested a poison or...
The process of cleaning the contents of the stomach - Pumping (oil well)Pumping (oil well)In the context of oil wells, pumping is a routine operation involving injecting fluids into the well. Pumping may either be done by rigging up to the kill wing valve on the Xmas tree or, if an intervention rig up is present pumping into the riser through a T-piece...
, injecting chemicals into a wellbore - Pumping (computer systems)Pumping (computer systems)Pumping, when referring to computer systems, is simply how many times per clock cycle data is being transmitted. Early types of system memory , such as SDRAM, transmitted data on only the rising edge of the clock. With the advent of double data rate synchronous dynamic RAM or DDR SDRAM, the data...
, the number of times data is transmitted per clock cycle - Pump (skateboarding)Pump (skateboarding)For other uses, see Pump Pumping is a longboarding technique used to gain speed without the riders' feet leaving the board. This is done by selectively applying pressure to different parts of the board. Pumping can be done on flatland by turning or on a transition like a ramp or quarter pipe...
, a process by which longboard skateboarders accelerate without pushing off of the ground - Pumping lemmaPumping lemmaIn the theory of formal languages in computability theory, a pumping lemma or pumping argument states that, for a particular language to be a member of a language class, any sufficiently long string in the language contains a section, or sections, that can be removed, or repeated any number of...
in the theory of formal languages - An artifact of audio dynamic range compression
- Optical pumpingOptical pumpingOptical pumping is a process in which light is used to raise electrons from a lower energy level in an atom or molecule to a higher one. It is commonly used in laser construction, to pump the active laser medium so as to achieve population inversion...
, 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 trainingWeight trainingWeight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...
("pumping iron"): building muscle by exercising with weights - Sexual intercourseSexual intercourseSexual intercourse, also known as copulation or coitus, commonly refers to the act in which a male's penis enters a female's vagina for the purposes of sexual pleasure or reproduction. The entities may be of opposite sexes, or they may be hermaphroditic, as is the case with snails...
- "Pumping (My Heart)Pumping (My Heart)"Pumping " is a rock song written by Patti Smith, Ivan Kral and Jay Dee Daugherty, and released as a second single from Patti Smith Group 1976 album Radio Ethiopia. In 1989 the song was covered by Dramarama on their album Box Office Bomb....
", a song by Patti Smith Group