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Definition of Siphonage
1. n. The action of a siphon.
Definition of Siphonage
1. Noun. The action of a siphon. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Siphonage
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Medical Definition of Siphonage
1. Emptying of the stomach or other cavity by means of a siphon. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Siphonage
Literary usage of Siphonage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Home by Banister Fletcher, Herbert Phillips Fletcher (1910)
"This siphonage would render the trap useless for preventing the inlet of foul
air, and it may be obviated by fixing an anti-siphonage pipe, as shown at E, ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Plumbing by John Joseph Cosgrove (1922)
"It is siphonage which destroys the seals of traps when not properly ventilated,
... Air will then pass into the pipe and break the siphonage. ..."
3. Plumbing and Household Sanitation by John Pickering Putnam (1911)
"THE SiPHONAGE AND EVAPORATION OF TRAPS.* Report to the Boston City Board of Health.
To the Boston City Board of Health:— Gentlemen:—The experiments ..."
4. Public Health Papers and Reports by American Public Health Association (1891)
"EXPERIMENTS ON TRAP siphonage. BY PROF. JE DENTON, HOBOKEN, NJ The experimental
data presented herein represent the results of experiments which have been ..."
5. The English Home by Banister Fletcher, Herbert Phillips Fletcher (1910)
"CHAPTER X THE VENTILATION, TRAPPING, AND siphonage OF DRAINS General Principles—(Outlet
pipes—Inlet pipes—Materials for pipes— Another theory of ..."
6. Plumbing Fixture Traps: An Historical, Statistical and Experimental by August E. Hansen (1921)
"Under these conditions there is no vacuum at the trap connection, consequently
no trap siphonage. There exists on the other hand, ent; in fact, ..."
7. Standard Practical Plumbing: An Exhaustive Treatise on All Branches of by Robert Macy Starbuck (1910)
"CHAPTER VI THE siphonage OF TRAPS As already stated, the trap seal is broken more
frequently by siphonage than by any other means. In fact, siphonage is the ..."
8. American Druggist (1885)
"The work is divided into three parts, the first treating of Traps, their siphonage,
evaporation, et3. ; the second, of Lavatories, Waste Receptacles, ..."
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