Siphon Definition

sīfən
siphoned, siphoning, siphons, syphoned, syphoning, syphons
noun
siphons
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.
Webster's New World

Siphon bottle.

Webster's New World
A tubelike organ in some animals, as cuttlefishes, used for drawing in or ejecting liquids.
Webster's New World

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.

Wiktionary
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verb
siphoned, siphoning, siphons
To draw off or carry through or as through a siphon.
Webster's New World
To pass through a siphon.
Webster's New World
To take or transfer (something), often illicitly.
Siphon money from an account; siphon customers from a competitor.
American Heritage
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Other Word Forms of Siphon

Noun

Singular:
siphon
Plural:
siphons

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

Siphon Sentence Examples

  • The Siphon bag is designed specifically for wheelchair users who have limited dexterity or balance.

  • We did not siphon off nuclear material from internationally provided nuclear facilities.

  • In his Discorso intorno alle cose the stanno su l'acqua, published in 1612, he used the principle of virtual velocities to demonstrate the more important theorems of hydrostatics, deducing from it the equilibrium of fluid in a siphon, and proved against the Aristotelians that the floating of solid bodies in a liquid depends not upon their form, but upon their specific gravities relative to such liquid.

  • Water containing minute food particles is admitted through the incurrent siphon into the pharyngeal basket.

  • A wire or fibre carrying the aluminium siphon cradle is stretched across this bridge piece, and on it is also mounted the small electromagnet, forming part of the " vibrator " arrangement with its hinged armature, to which one end of the stretched wire carrying the siphon is fastened.

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