Siphon definition
An example of a siphon is a tube where gas is forced out of a gas tank into a gas container on the ground.
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.
Siphon money from an account; siphon customers from a competitor.
Origin of siphon
- Middle English from Latin sīphō sīphōn- from Greek sīphōn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Ancient Greek σίφων (siphōn, “pipe, tube")
From Wiktionary