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.
Other meanings
A tubelike organ found in animals or elongated cell found in plants.
A kind of
- tube
Related words
- antisiphon
- microsiphon
- prosiphon
- pseudosiphon
- siphonage
- siphonal
- siphonate
- siphoner
- siphonet
- siphoniform
- siphonless
- siphonlike
Word history
From Ancient Greek "σίφων" (pipe, tube).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “siphon” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.