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Syphon

noun

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. Synonym: siphon.

A tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled. Synonym: siphon.

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"Syphon" Quotes from Famous Books

... & Co., Ltd., successors) began, in 1870, the manufacture of the Napierian coffee-making machine at Glasgow, Scotland. This was a device for making coffee by distillation, employing a metal globe syphon and brewer with filter cloth. The principle was subsequently used in the Napier-List steam coffee machine for ships and institutions, ...

— All About Coffee • William H. Ukers

... sextants, three prismatic compasses, two false horizons, and a barometer. One of the sextants was a very good instrument, but the glasses of the other were not clear, and unfortunately the barometer was broken and useless, since it had the syphon tube, which could not be replaced in the colony. I exceedingly regretted this accident, for I had been particularly anxious to carry on a series of observations, to determine the level of the interior. I ...

— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt

Words linked to "Syphon" : zoological science, siphon off, zoology, draw, tube, tubing, organ, siphon, take out