Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The action or operation of a siphon; specifically, the emptying of a siphon-formed trap, for example in a waste-pipe, by exhaustion of the pressure below, usually caused by a sudden flow of water in a connected pipe.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The action of a siphon.
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- noun The action of a
siphon .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"siphonage" is therefore meant the emptying of the seal in a trap by the aspiration of the water in the trap due to the downward rush of water and air in the pipes with which the trap is connected.
The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
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Plumbing not properly installed or maintained; anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required; equipment or floor not properly drained; sewage disposal system in disrepair or not functioning properly.
Bunchberries Closes | Midtown Lunch - Finding Lunch in the Food Wasteland of NYC's Midtown Manhattan 2009
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Both of them depend on siphonage to work, when a toilet is flushed the waste material in it is actually sucked into the drainage piping system.
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***SPOILER ALERT*** For those who might have their day ruined by finding outtheir favorite lunch spot has “plumbing that is not properly installed or maintained, anti-siphonage or backflow prevention device not provided where required and the sewage disposal system is in disrepair” stop reading now.
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All domestic toilets work by siphonage, all of them, including commercial toilets equipped with a flushometer valve.
Help on New House 2006
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Both of them depend on siphonage to work, when a toilet is flushed the waste material in it is actually sucked into the drainage piping system.
Help on New House 2006
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All domestic toilets work by siphonage, all of them, including commercial toilets equipped with a flushometer valve.
Help on New House 2006
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Both of them depend on siphonage to work, when a toilet is flushed the waste material in it is actually sucked into the drainage piping system.
Help on New House 2006
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All domestic toilets work by siphonage, all of them, including commercial toilets equipped with a flushometer valve.
Help on New House 2006
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