Syphon vs. Siphon

Syphonnoun

alternative spelling of siphon

Syphonverb

alternative spelling of siphon

Syphonnoun

See Syphon.

Syphonnoun

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

Syphonverb

convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

Siphonnoun

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.

Siphonnoun

A soda siphon.

Siphonnoun

(biology) A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.

Siphonverb

(transitive) To transfer (liquid) by means of a siphon.

Siphonverb

To steal or skim off in small amounts; to embezzle.

Siphonnoun

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.

Siphonnoun

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.

Siphonnoun

A siphon bottle.

Siphonverb

To convey, or draw off, by means of a siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.

Siphonnoun

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

Siphonverb

convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon

Siphonverb

move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action;

Siphon

A siphon (from Ancient Greek: σίφων, romanized: síphōn, , also spelled nonetymologically syphon) is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. In a narrower sense, the word refers particularly to a tube in an inverted shape, which causes a liquid to flow upward, above the surface of a reservoir, with no pump, but powered by the fall of the liquid as it flows down the tube under the pull of gravity, then discharging at a level lower than the surface of the reservoir from which it came.