siphons in English

noun
1
a tube used to convey liquid upwards from a reservoir and then down to a lower level of its own accord. Once the liquid has been forced into the tube, typically by suction or immersion, flow continues unaided.
In the extinguisher, a plastic siphon tube leads from the bottom of the fire-suppressant reservoir to the top of the extinguisher.
verb
1
draw off or convey (liquid) by means of a siphon.
If straining methods do not adequately filter out the fine particles and sediment from the liqueur, try siphoning off the clear liquid.
verb
    siphon off

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1. Pressure gauges and gauge siphons for steam, water or air

2. A few early Aqueducts used siphons to carry water across valleys and over hills.

3. Egyptian reliefs from 1500 BC depict siphons used to extract liquids from large storage jars.

4. 21 Then, a fair net is enforced to be live through controlling minimal siphons by P-invariants.

5. Fire-fighting apparatus all made of metal namely, nozzles, couplings, valves, tips, siamese, hose fittings, shut-offs, pipes, hose and ladder straps, thread adapters, siphons, hose jackets, clamps, strainers, expanders, hose-mending sleeves, caps, plugs, duct work, thread adaptors, siphons

6. Fire-fighting apparatus not made of metal namely, nozzles, couplings, valves, tips, siamese, hose fittings, shut-offs, pipes, hose and ladder straps, thread adapters, siphons, hose jackets, clamps, strainers, expanders, hose-mending sleeves, caps, plugs, duct work, thread adaptors, siphons

7. The liquid was pumped onto enemy ships and troops through large siphons mounted on the Byzantine ships’ prows

8. However, it has been demonstrated that siphons can operate in a vacuum and to heights exceeding the barometric height of the liquid.

9. Complete systems for rainwater use, namely rainwater earth stacks and pushdown stacks, extension/inspection shafts, reduced-flow water intakes and overflow siphons of plastic

10. Efforts at Bivalve classification and phylogenetic analysis have traditionally been based on prominent morphological features such as gill structure, stomach morphology, hinge teeth, siphons, etc

11. Fishermen typically cut P. chilensis into slices with a handsaw, then use their fingers to pull out the siphons (which they refer to as tetas, or "udders") from the carapace, which is discarded.

12. Several significant phenomena unknown inNewtonian fluid mechanics are seen to have their origin in the tensile normal stresses generated by these extensional deformations of viscoelastic fluid media; they include the separation of particles or bubbles in accelerating flows (the „Uebler” effect), the operability of ductless siphons („Spinnbarkeit“) and, probably, turbulent drag reduction.