Siphon

(noun.) a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled.

(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.

(verb.) move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action; 'siphon gas into the tank'.

(verb.) convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon.

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• It is called a siphon recorder because the record is made by a little glass siphon down which a flow of ink is maintained like a fountain pen. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Among these, are siphon pumps, the force pump of Ctesibius, a fire-pump, having two cylinders, and two pistons, valves, and levers. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Messages now go across the Atlantic and are received on the siphon recorder at the rate of fifty words a minute, and at a cost of twenty-five cents a word. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• The jagged lines seen in Fig. 16 spell the words siphon recorder. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Later Pascal experimented with the siphon and succeeded in explaining it on the principle of atmospheric pressure. 李贝. 西洋科学史.
• To withdraw the liquid air, a pipette or so-called siphon tube, shown in detached view, is substituted for the valve at the top. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• This siphon is vibrated by the electric impulses to produce on the paper strip a zigzag line, whose varying contour is made to represent letters. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• Hero in his celebrated treatise described other devices, curious siphons and pumps. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.

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