Inverted siphon, a tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches
turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for
conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another
across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground.
-- Siphon barometer. See under Barometer. -- Siphon bottle, a bottle
for holding aërated water, which is driven out through a bent tube in
the neck by the gas within the bottle when a valve in the tube is
opened; -- called also gazogene, and siphoid. -- Siphon condenser, a
condenser for a steam engine, in which the vacuum is maintained by the
downward flow of water through a vertical pipe of great height. --
Siphon cup, a cup with a siphon attached for carrying off any liquid in
it; specifically (Mach.), an oil cup in which oil is carried over the
edge of a tube in a cotton wick, and so reaches the surface to be
lubricated. -- Siphon gauge. See under Gauge. -- Siphon pump, a jet
pump. See under Jet, n.
Si"phon (?), v. t. (Chem.) To convey, or draw off, by means of a
siphon, as a liquid from one vessel to another at a lower level.
Si"phon*age (?), n. The action of a siphon.
Si"phon*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a siphon; resembling a siphon.
Siphonal stomach (Zoöl.), a stomach which is tubular and bent back upon
itself, like a siphon, as in the salmon.
Si`pho*na"rid (?), n. (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of
limpet-shaped pulmonate gastropods of the genus Siphonaria. They cling
to rocks between high and low water marks and have both lunglike organs
and gills. -- Si`pho*na"rid, a.
||Si`pho*na"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) A tribe of bivalve mollusks in
||which the posterior mantle border is prolonged into two tubes or
||siphons. Called also Siphoniata. See Siphon, 2 (a), and Quahaug.
Si"phon*ate (?), a. 1. Having a siphon or siphons.