Meanings
nounSprengel pump (plural Sprengel pumps)
plural Sprengel pumps
- A kind of vacuum pump in which vacuum is produced by a stream of mercury drops running down a very narrow tube
Origin
Named after the inventor, Hermann Sprengel
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Sprengel pump. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sprengel%20pump
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