siphon
IPA: sˈaɪfʌn
noun
- 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.
- (zoology) A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
verb
- (transitive) To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.
- (transitive, figurative, often with "off") To steal or skim off money in small amounts; to embezzle.
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Examples of "siphon" in Sentences
- Henry collects siphons along with glasses.
- Eventually air rushes in and breaks the siphon.
- The wastewater exits through the excurrent siphon.
- The effect of the siphon pipe will be monitored in 1998.
- This air breaks the siphon action of the water in the strap.
- The outlet of the micro throughflow cell is connected to a siphon.
- The siphon of the living animal protrudes from the the siphon notch.
- Drop the lower end to the ground and watch the siphon empty the bucket.
- A thermal siphon moves the heat between the dirt and the solar collector.
- The second valve prevents the loss of subatmospheric pressure in the siphon.