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 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), 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, cleaning the contents of the stomach
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Optical pumping, 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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