Pumping

Pumping

Pumping can refer to:
*The operation of a pump, for moving a liquid from one location to another
**The use of a breast pump or milking machine for extraction of milk
*Pumping (oil well), injecting chemicals into a wellbore
*Pumping (computer systems), the number of times data is transmitted per clock cycle
*Pump (skateboarding), a process by which longboard skateboarders accelerate without pushing off of the ground
*Pumping lemma in the theory of formal languages
*An artifact of audio dynamic range compression
*Optical pumping, a process in which light is used to raise electrons from a lower energy level in an atom or molecule to a higher one
*Sexual intercourse
*"Pumping (My Heart)", a song by Patti Smith Group

ee also

*Pump


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