siphon

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When the current from the cable passes through the coil it moves, and so varies the position of the ink-siphon which is attached to it.

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  1. noun A pipe or tube fashioned or deployed in an inverted U shape and filled until atmospheric pressure is sufficient to force a liquid from a reservoir in one end of the tube over a barrier higher than the reservoir and out the other end.
  2. noun Zoology A tubular organ, especially of aquatic invertebrates such as squids or clams, by which water is taken in or expelled.
  3. transitive verb To draw off or convey through or as if through a siphon.

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  • These models are: the guru launch siphon, the paid forever siphon, pay-per-click siphon, free money forever siphon and a secret siphon. —  WebWire | Recent Headlines
  • Geoduck meat from the siphon is popular in Asian countries such as Korea, Japan and especially China. —  Anchorage Daily News - Alaska News
  • The siphon is usually about as long again as the maggot's body (20 mm when mature), but can be extended as long as 150 mm. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • The reservoir therefore can continue to fill without the water escaping The submersion of the small siphon, a, b, c, is less than that of the principal siphon, S, and it follows that when the level of the reservoir reaches a height equal to b, a, a new influx, however small it be, causes the discharge of a few drops of water from the auxiliary siphon, a, b, c, which is always full of water. —  Scientific American Supplement, No. 664, September 22,1888
  • Sew this upon a piece of rubber cloth in circles about one inch apart for five or six rounds; leave a yard or two of tubing at each end to be used as a siphon, A large pan of ice water is raised above the patient into which one weighted end of the tubing is placed, with a funnel inserted into it, covered with gauze to prevent clogging, while the other end is laid in a second basin on the floor which receives the water. —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
 

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  1. Middle English, from Latin sīphō, sīphōn-, from Greek sīphōn.

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  1. Also syphon; from French siphon =Spanish sifon =Portuguese siphão =Italian sifone, from Latin sipho (n-), perhaps from Greek σίφων, a tube, pipe, siphon; akin to σιφλός, hollow.
  2. from siphon, n.
 

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