siphon

si·phon

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Devon helped his father siphon the water from the fish tank into the container.

noun

The definition of a siphon is a tube that is used to draw liquid from one container into another, lower container by atmospheric pressure and gravity.
An example of a siphon is a tube where gas is forced out of a gas tank into a gas container on the ground.

verb

To siphon is to run a tube from one container to another in a way that uses atmospheric pressure to move the liquid into the lower container.
When you hook up a tube to a gas tank and then use atmospheric pressure to move the gas out of that tank into a gas canister below it, this is an example of a time when you siphon.

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siphon

a bent tube used for carrying liquid from a reservoir over the top edge of its container to a point below the surface of the reservoir: the tube must be filled, as by suction, before flow will start
siphon bottle
a tubelike organ in some animals, as cuttlefishes, used for drawing in or ejecting liquids

Origin of siphon

French from Classical Latin sipho (gen. siphonis) from Classical Greek siph?n, tube, siphon

to draw off or carry through or as through a siphon

to pass through a siphon

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siphon

also sy·phon

noun

A tube that carries a liquid from a higher level up and over a barrier and then down to a lower level, with the flow maintained by gravity and atmospheric pressure as long as the tube remains filled.
Zoology A tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.

verb

si·phoned, si·phon·ing, si·phons, also sy·phoned or sy·phon·ing or sy·phons

verb

transitive

To draw off or convey (a liquid) through a siphon.
To take or transfer (something), often illicitly: siphon money from an account; siphon customers from a competitor.

verb

intransitive

To pass through a siphon.

Origin of siphon

Middle English from Latin sīphō sīphōn- from Greek sīphōn

Related Forms:

si′phon·al si·phon′ic
adjective

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A pipe or tube in the form of an upside-down U, filled with liquid and arranged so that the pressure of the atmosphere forces liquid to flow upward from a container through the tube, over a barrier, and into a lower container.
A tubular animal part, as of a clam, through which water is taken in or expelled.

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Noun

(plural siphons)

A bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other, in which hydrostatic pressure exerted due to the force of gravity moves liquid from one reservoir to another.
a soda siphon
(biology) a tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present siphons, present participle siphoning, simple past and past participle siphoned)

to transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
He used a rubber tube to siphon petrol from the car's fuel tank.

Origin

From Ancient Greek ÏƒÎ¯Ï†Ï‰Î½ (siphÅn, “pipe, tube")

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siphon - Medical Definition

also syphon (sī′fən)

A tube that carries a liquid from a higher level up and over a barrier and then down to a lower level, with the flow maintained by gravity and atmospheric pressure as long as the tube remains filled.
Zoology A tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.

To draw off or convey a liquid through a siphon.

Related Forms:

si′phon·al si·phon′ic
adj.

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