siphonage

Siphonage is a the emptying of the liquid in a container through a tube to another container that is placed in a lower position.

(noun)

An example of siphonage is when you empty the gas out of a gas tank in a car through a tube into a gas can that is sitting on the road.

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See siphonage in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the act of siphoning

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