siphon : Idioms & Phrases

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Inverted siphon

  • a tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground.
Webster 1913

Siphon barometer

  • . See under Barometer.
Webster 1913

Siphon bottle

  • a bottle for holding aërated water, which is driven out through a bent tube in the neck by the gas within the bottle when a valve in the tube is opened; called also gazogene, and siphoid.
Webster 1913

Siphon condenser

  • a condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the downward flow of water through a vertical pipe of great height.
Webster 1913

Siphon cup

  • a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the edge of a tube in a cotton wick, and so reaches the surface to be lubricated.
Webster 1913

Siphon gauge

  • . See under Gauge.
Webster 1913

siphon off

  • verb convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
    siphon; syphon.
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Siphon pump

  • a jet pump. See under Jet, n.
Webster 1913