the academicians of argamasilla, a village of la mancha, on the life and death of don quixote of la mancha, hoc scripserunt monicongo, academician of argamasilla, paniaguado, academician of argamasilla, in laudem dulcineae del toboso
Noun. 1. siphon-a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube. syphon.tube, tubing-conduit consisting of a long hollow object (usually cylindrical) used to hold and conduct objects or liquids or gases.. A pipe or tube in the form of an upside-down U, filled with liquid and arranged so that the pressure of the atmosphere forces liquid to flow upward from a container through the tube, over a barrier, and into a lower container. 2. A tubular animal part, as of a clam, through which water is taken in or expelled.
Figure 2 - In the flying droplet siphon, surface tension pulls the stream of liquid into separate droplets inside of a sealed, air filled chamber, preventing the liquid going down from having contact with the liquid going up, and thereby preventing liquid tensile strength from pulling the liquid up. siphon bottle (also called a soda syphon or, archaically, a siphoid) is a pressurized bottle with a vent and a valve. It is not a siphon as pressure within the bottle drives the liquid up and out a tube. A special form was the gasogene.