Definisjon av siphon på Engelsk

WordNet

Noun
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
		syphon
		tubing, tube conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases
siphon - a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled
		syphon
		organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
Verb
siphon - move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action; "siphon gas into the tank"
		position, lay, pose, put, place, set cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
siphon - convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
		syphon, siphon off
		take out, draw buy and consume food from a restaurant or establishment that sells prepared food; "We'll take out pizza, since I am too tired to cook"

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Substantiv
siphon - 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.
siphon - A soda siphon.
siphon - A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
Verb
siphon - To transfer liquid by means of a siphon.

The word siphon sometimes refers to a wide variety of devices that allow the flow of liquids through tubes. In the English language today, however, a siphon is commonly understood to be a tube, in an inverted U shape, which allows a liquid to flow uphill without a pump, over an obstacle and then discharge at a level lower than the surface of the original reservoir. Practical siphons operate because gravity causes the hydrostatic pressure at the downstream end of the tube to be significantly higher than the surrounding pressure so fluid flows out of the tube into the atmosphere or into a second reservoir lower than the first.