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si·phon
also sy·phon (sī′fən)n.
1. A tube that carries a liquid from a higher level up and over a barrier and then down to a lower level, with the flow maintained by gravity and atmospheric pressure as long as the tube remains filled.
2. Zoology A tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.
v. si·phoned, si·phon·ing, si·phons also sy·phoned or sy·phon·ing or sy·phons
v.tr.
1. To draw off or convey (a liquid) through a siphon.
2. To take or transfer (something), often illicitly: siphon money from an account; siphon customers from a competitor.
v.intr.
To pass through a siphon.
[Middle English, from Latin sīphō, sīphōn-, from Greek sīphōn.]
si′phon·al, si·phon′ic adj.
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siphon
(ˈsaɪfən) orsyphon
n
1. (General Physics) a tube placed with one end at a certain level in a vessel of liquid and the other end outside the vessel below this level, so that liquid pressure forces the liquid through the tube and out of the vessel by gravity
2. (Brewing) See soda siphon
3. (Zoology) zoology any of various tubular organs in different aquatic animals, such as molluscs and elasmobranch fishes, through which a fluid, esp water, passes
vb
(General Physics) (often foll by off) to pass or draw off through or as if through a siphon
[C17: from Latin sīphō, from Greek siphōn siphon]
ˈsiphonage n
ˈsiphonal, siphonic adj
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si•phon
or sy•phon
(ˈsaɪ fən)n., v. -phoned, -phon•ing. n.
1. a U-shaped pipe that uses atmospheric pressure to draw liquid from one container, place, or level to another.
2. a projecting tubular part of some animals, esp. certain mollusks, through which liquid enters or leaves the body.
v.t., v.i. 3. to convey, draw, or pass through or as if through a siphon (sometimes fol. by off).
[1650–60; < Latin sīphōn- (s. of sīphō) < Greek síphōn, siphōn pipe, tube]
si′phon•al, si•phon′ic (-ˈfɒn ɪk) adj.
si′phon•less, adj.
si′phon•like`, adj.
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si·phon
(sī′fən)1. A pipe or tube in the form of an upside-down U, filled with liquid and arranged so that the pressure of the atmosphere forces liquid to flow upward from a container through the tube, over a barrier, and into a lower container.
2. A tubular animal part, as of a clam, through which water is taken in or expelled.
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siphon
Past participle: siphoned
Gerund: siphoning
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| Noun | 1. |  siphon - 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. | siphon - a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled organ - a fully differentiated structural and functional unit in an animal that is specialized for some particular function zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals | |
| Verb | 1. | siphon - convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon |
| 2. | siphon - move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action; "siphon gas into the tank" |
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Translations
أُنْبوب، مِحْقَن، سيفونقنينَه مع أنبوب للمَصيَمُص، يَسْحَب
násoskapřečerpatsifon
hævertledesifonsuge
szívócsõvel kiszívszódásüveg
soga meî sogarasogarivökvasuga, sogari
perpumpuotisifonas
pārsūknētsifons
násoskasifón
sifonsifonla çekmeksoda şişesi
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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siphon
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
siphon
[ˈsaɪf/ən]1. n → sifone m
2. vt (also siphon off) (liquid) → travasare (con un sifone) (fig) (funds, traffic) → deviare
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
siphon
(ˈsaifən) noun1. a bent pipe or tube through which liquid can be drawn off from one container to another at a lower level. He used a siphon to get some petrol out of the car's tank.
2. (also ˈsoda-siphon) a glass bottle with such a tube, used for soda water.
verb (with off, ~into etc) to draw (off) through a siphon. They siphoned the petrol into a can.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
si·phon
n. sifón.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012