Look up: Siphon

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   siphon
   Opening in molluscs or in urochordates which draws water into the body cavity. In many molluscs, the siphon may be used to expel water forcibly, providing a means of propulsion.
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   Siphon
   A siphon is a bent tube with one limb longer than the other, by means of which a liquid can be drawn off to a lower level.
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   siphon
   [n] - a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube 2. [v] - convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon 3. [v] - move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action
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   siphon
   bent tube used for carrying liquid out over the top edge of a container through the force of atmospheric pressure upon the surface of the liquid Category: Mechanical engineering • special bottle fitted with a spring device Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • curved tube with arms of unequal length or a simple rubber tube used for drawin...
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   Siphon
   Si'phon noun [ French siphon , Latin sipho , -onis , from Greek ......... a siphon, tube, pipe.] 1. A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing ...
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   Siphon
   Si'phon transitive verb (Chemistry) To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.
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   siphon
   1. A device, consisting of a pipe or tube bent so as to form two branches or legs of unequal length, by which a liquid can be transferred to a lower level, as from one vessel to another, over an intermediate elevation, by the action of the pressure of the atmosphere in forcing the liquid up the shorter branch of the pipe immersed in it, while the c ...
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   siphon
   syphon noun a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled
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   siphon
   syphon noun a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube
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    Siphon
    A `siphon` (also spelled `syphon`) is a continuous tube that allows liquid to drain from a reservoir through an intermediate point that is higher than the reservoir, the up-slope flow being driven only by hydrostatic pressure without any need for pumping. It is necessary that the final end of the tube be lower than the liquid surface in the reservoir.
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    siphon
    (si´fәn) a bent tube with arms of unequal length, for drawing liquid from a higher to a lower level by force of atmospheric pressure. to draw liquid by means of a siphon.
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    Siphon
    • (n.) A sproutlike prolongation in front of the mouth of many gephyreans. • (n.) A tubular organ connected both with the esophagus and the intestine of certain sea urchins and annelids. • (n.) The tubular organ through which water is ejected from the gill cavity of a cephaloid. It serves as a locomotive organ, by guiding and confini...
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    siphon
    (from the article `bivalve`) ...a septum—the `septibranch` ctenidium—that creates pressure changes within the mantle cavity and produces sudden inrushes of water, carrying prey ... ...almost entirely lost its rigid shell and become highly muscular. Its expansion and contraction produce a locomotory water current by d...
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    siphon
    instrument, usually in the form of a tube bent to form two legs of unequal length, for conveying liquid over the edge of a vessel and delivering it ... [1 related articles]
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    SIPHON
    A waterfilled passage of inverted U-profile which delivers a flow of water whenever the head of water upstream rises above the top of the inverted U.
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    siphon
    A bent tube for drawing off liquid from one container to another. When in action the tube must be itself full of the liquid, so that the quantities of liquid in the two containers form one continuous liquid mass. In accordance with the principles of hydrodynamics, there will be, in these circumstanc...
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    siphon
    siphon (sī'fun, –fon) , tube through which a liquid is lifted over an elevation by the pressure of the atmosphere and is then emptied at a lower level. To start the siphon, it must first be filled with the liquid before it is placed into position. The elevation over which a siphon wi...
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