Pumping may refer to:
* The operation of a
pump
A pump is a device that moves fluids (liquids or gases), or sometimes Slurry, slurries, by mechanical action, typically converted from electrical energy into hydraulic or pneumatic energy.
Mechanical pumps serve in a wide range of application ...
, for moving a liquid from one location to another
**The use of a
breast pump A breast pump is a mechanical device that Lactation, lactating women use to milking, extract milk from their breasts. They may be manual devices powered by hand or foot movements or automatic devices powered by electricity.
Breast pumps come in sev ...
for extraction of milk
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Pumping (audio), a creative misuse of dynamic range compression
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Pumping (computer systems), the number of times data is transmitted per clock cycle
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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 ...
, injecting chemicals into a wellbore
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Pumping (noise reduction), an unwanted artifact of some noise reduction systems
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Pumping lemma, in the theory of formal languages
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Gastric lavage
Gastric lavage, also commonly called stomach pumping or gastric irrigation or gastric suction, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach using a tube. Since its first recorded use in the early 19th century, it has become one of the ...
, cleaning the contents of the stomach
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Optical pumping
Optical pumping is a process in which light is used to raise (or "pump") 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 popu ...
, in which light is used to raise electrons from a lower energy level to a higher one
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Pump (skateboarding), accelerating without pushing off of the ground
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"Pumping" (My Heart), a 1976 song by Patti Smith Group
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