siphonic

• a word derived from siphon.
  siphon

  noun

  a tube or conduit bent into legs of unequal length, for use in drawing a liquid from one container into another on a lower level by placing the shorter leg into the container above and the longer leg into the one below, the liquid being forced up the shorter leg and into the longer one by the pressure of the atmosphere.

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siphonic

When siphonic action ceases, the water in the short arm of the siphon empties itself into the main receptacle, and by so doing cleanses the screen.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 by Various

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