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syphon


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Syphon  \Sy"phon\,  n. 
  See  {Syphon}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  syphon 
  n  :  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  [syn:  {siphon}] 
  v  :  convey,  draw  off  or  empty  by  or  as  if  by  a  siphon  [syn:  {siphon}, 
  {siphon  off}] 




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