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Siphon

A siphon (from Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn) 'pipe, tube'; also spelled syphon) is any of a wide variety of devices that involve the flow of liquids through tubes. In a narrower sense, the word refers particularly to a tube in an inverted "U" shape, which causes a liquid to flow upward, above the surface of a reservoir, with no pump, but powered by the…

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Modern research into the operation of the siphon

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Applications and terminology

Devices that are not true siphons

In nature

Explanation using Bernoulli's equation

Operation in a vacuum

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Siphon

Nodes126
Edges125
Triples172
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015873
Components1

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Siphon

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related to Anti-siphon valve · 13
Siphon → All, An, Another, Anti-siphon, Backflow, Building, Hydrocephalus, In, Only, See, Should, The, Thus
related to Operation in a vacuum · 12
Siphon → Experiments, Hughes, OED, Oxford, Queensland University, September, Stephen Hughes, Technology, The, The OED, The Oxford English Dictionary, We
related to Standards in engineering or industry · 12
Siphon → Anti-Siphon Fill Valves, ASME, ASME A112, ASSE, Ballcocks, CSA B125, Gravity Water Closet Flush, Mechanical Engineers, Performance Requirements, Tanks, The American Society, Tri-Harmonized Standard
related to Modern research into the operation of the siphon · 10
Siphon → Barnes, But, By, Edinburgh, In, Malcolm Nokes, Potter, The, They, University
related to history · 9
Siphon → BC, Egyptian, Greek, Greeks, Justice, Pergamon, Physical, Pythagoras, Samos
related to Species · 9
Siphon → Acanthaceae, Chlorophyta, Geosiphons, Nees, Ruellia, Siphonacanthus, Siphonocladaceae, Some, There
related to Practical requirements · 8
Siphon → An, Devices, If, In, Reducing, Siphoning, This, Using
related to Anatomy · 6
Siphon → But, However, In, One, The, There
related to Automatic intermittent siphon · 6
Siphon → An, One, Siphons, The Curiosity Show, This, When
related to Self-siphons · 6
Siphon → Liquids, Self-siphon, Self-siphoning, The, This, With

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Siphonis asingle system0.90text
turbulence or vibrationinstance ofor other minor influences0.80text
can cause the liquid to detach from the wallsinstance ofor other minor influences0.80text
lose all tensile strength.In more detailinstance ofor other minor influences0.80text
one can look at how the hydrostatic pressure varies through a static siphoninstance ofor other minor influences0.80text
considering in turn the vertical tube from the top reservoirinstance ofor other minor influences0.80text
the vertical tube from the bottom reservoirinstance ofor other minor influences0.80text
and the horizontal tube connecting theminstance ofor other minor influences0.80text
floatsinstance ofOne way to do this intermittent action involves complex machinery0.80text
chainsinstance ofOne way to do this intermittent action involves complex machinery0.80text
leversinstance ofOne way to do this intermittent action involves complex machinery0.80text
and valvesinstance ofOne way to do this intermittent action involves complex machinery0.80text

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