| Siphon (siphon) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Si"phon |
| [F. siphon, L.
sipho, -onis, fr. Gr. (?)(?)(?) a siphon, tube, pipe.] |
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 continued excess of weight of the liquid in
the longer branch (when once filled) causes a continuous flow. The
flow takes place only when the discharging extremity of the pipe ia
lower than the higher liquid surface, and when no part of the pipe is
higher above the surface than the same liquid will rise by atmospheric
pressure; that is, about 33 feet for water, and 30 inches for mercury,
near the sea level.
One
of the tubes or folds of the mantle border of a bivalve or gastropod
mollusk by which water is conducted into the gill cavity. See
Illust. under Mya, and Lamellibranchiata.
A siphon bottle.
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| Siphon (siphon) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Si"phon |
| (Chem.) |
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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