1) Aquarium drainer 2) Bent tube 3) Draining device 4) Draining tool 5) Draw off 6) Draw off through a bent tube 7) Draw out 8) Draw water in a way 9) Drawing-off tube 10) Egyptian invention 11) Fluid transfer tool 12) French word used in English 13) Liquid transfer tool 14) Slang for to urinate 15) Suction device
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1) Conduit 2) Syphon
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The word siphon (from σίφων `pipe, tube`, also called syphon) is sometimes used to refer to a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes – see siphon terminology – but in the narrower sense it refers specifically to a tube in an inverted U shape which causes a liquid to flow uphill, above the surface of the r.....
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[insect anatomy] A siphon is a tubular organ of the respiratory system of some insects that spend a significant amount of their time underwater, that serves as a breathing tube. The larvae of several kinds of insects, including mosquitoes, tabanid flies, and Belostomatidae) live in the water and breathe through a siphon. Some adult insects ...
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[mollusc] A siphon is an anatomical structure which is part of the body of aquatic molluscs in three classes: Gastropoda, Bivalvia and Cephalopoda. In other words, a siphon is found in some saltwater and freshwater snails, in some clams, and in octopus, squid and relatives. Siphons in molluscs are tube-like structures in which water flows (...
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• (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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An arrangement whereby water is induced to flow naturally from an upper level to a lower level through a pipe or hose which spans an intermediate level that is higher than either.
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(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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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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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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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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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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(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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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 ...
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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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Type: Term Pronunciation: sī′fŏn Definitions: 1. A tube bent into two unequal lengths, used to remove fluid from a cavity or vessel by atmospheric pressure.
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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 is slang for to urinate.
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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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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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It is a curved pipe or tube and is used to move liquids from one container to another.
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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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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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