unprimed pump

Spanish translation: bomba no cebada

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English term or phrase:	unprimed pump
Spanish translation:	bomba no cebada
Entered by:	Alistair Ian Spearing Ortiz

19:28 Sep 3, 2011

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Science - Environment & Ecology / cambio climático

English term or phrase: unprimed pump

in that regard angiosperms are particularly well adapted to getting large quantities of water vapour into the atmosphere on account of the high ratio of leaf vascular tissue to the leaf area, thereby overcoming bottlenecks and reducing cavitation whereby air enters the vascular system and like, an unprimed pump, breaks up the water column. The combined effect of the evaporation of water from surfaces exposed to the Sun and wind and the drawing up of water –

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bomba no cebada

Explanation:
A "primed pump" is a "bomba cebada", therefore an "unprimed pump" is a "bomba no cebada":

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZIU4-UjfzYcC&pg=PA1101&lpg=...

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bomba no cebada

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bomba no cebada

Explanation:
A "primed pump" is a "bomba cebada", therefore an "unprimed pump" is a "bomba no cebada":

http://books.google.com/books?id=ZIU4-UjfzYcC&pg=PA1101&lpg=...

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