usually syphon : a bottle for holding aerated water that is driven out through a bent tube in its neck by the pressure of the gas when a valve in the tube is opened. : any of various tubular organs in animals and especially mollusks or arthropods that are used for drawing in or ejecting fluids. Verb The water needs to be siphoned from the pool.

1. a U -shaped pipe that uses atmospheric pressure to draw liquid from one container, place, or level to another. 2. a projecting tubular part of some animals, esp. certain mollusks, through which liquid enters or leaves the body. 3. to convey, draw, or pass through or as if through a siphon (sometimes fol. by off).

A siphon (from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn) 'pipe, tube'; also spelled syphon) is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes.

1. a bent tube with arms of unequal length, for drawing liquid from a higher to a lower level by force of atmospheric pressure. 2. to draw liquid by means of a siphon. Miller-Keane …

SIPHONING definition: 1. present participle of siphon 2. to remove liquid from a container using a siphon. Learn more.

Sep 9, 2015 · Whether you need to get water out of a fish tank or gas out of a car, it’s useful to know how to siphon liquids. Siphoning is simple physics.

Recent Examples of siphoningThe unusually large size of this bulge compared with the galaxy’s disk is possibly thanks to UGC 10043 siphoning material from a nearby dwarf galaxy.—Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2024 Eventually, the thieves began siphoning syrup directly from the barrels in the reserve without refilling them.—Monica Mercuri, Fo...

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Syphoning is a process that utilizes the natural flow of liquids to transfer water from one container to another. It works on the principle of gravity and atmospheric pressure, which causes the liquid to flow from a higher elevation to a lower elevation, without any external force.