Suc"kler (?), n. (Zoöl.) An animal that suckles its young; a mammal.
Suck"ling (?), n. [OE. sokeling. See Suck, v. t.] 1. A young child or
animal nursed at the breast.
2. A small kind of yellow clover (Trifolium filiforme) common in
Southern Europe.
Su"crate (?), n. (Chem.) A compound of sucrose (or of some related
carbohydrate) with some base, after the analogy of a salt; as, sodium
sucrate.
||Su"cre (?), n. A silver coin of Ecuador, worth 68 cents.
Su"crose` (?), n. [F. sucre sugar. See Sugar.] (Chem.) A common variety
of sugar found in the juices of many plants, as the sugar cane,
sorghum, sugar maple, beet root, etc. It is extracted as a sweet, white
crystalline substance which is valuable as a food product, and, being
antiputrescent, is largely used in the preservation of fruit. Called
also saccharose, cane sugar, etc. By extension, any one of the class of
isomeric substances (as lactose, maltose, etc.) of which sucrose proper
is the type.
Sucrose proper is a dextrorotatory carbohydrate, C12H22O11. It does not
reduce Fehling's solution, and though not directly fermentable, yet on
standing with yeast it is changed by the diastase present to invert
sugar (dextrose and levulose), which then breaks down to alcohol and
carbon dioxide. It is also decomposed to invert sugar by heating with
acids, whence it is also called a disaccharate. Sucrose possesses at
once the properties of an alcohol and a ketone, and also forms
compounds (called sucrates) analogous to salts. Cf. Sugar.
Suc"tion (?), n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See
Suck, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as
fluids, by exhausting the air.
Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe
delivers. -- Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and
induction valve, of a pump, respectively. -- Suction pump, the common
pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric
pressure. See Illust. of Pump.
||Suc*to"ri*a (?), n. pl. [NL. See Suction.] (Zoöl.) 1. An order of
||Infusoria having the body armed with somewhat stiff, tubular
||processes which they use as suckers in obtaining their food. They are
||usually stalked.