INVERTED SIPHON

Definition: INVERTED SIPHON

INVERTED SIPHON

1. A tube bent like a siphon, but having the branches turned upward; specifically (Hydraulic Engineering), a pipe for conducting water beneath a depressed place, as from one hill to another across an intervening valley, following the depression of the ground.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Specialty Definitions: INVERTED SIPHON

Domain	Definitions
Mining	A. A pipeline crossing over a depression or under a highway, railroad, canal, etc. The term is common but inappropriate, as no siphonic action is involved. The term "sag pipe" is suggested as a substitute b. A pipe or tube in the shape of a siphon, but inverted, as for carrying water across the depression of a ravine to a lower level. (references)
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Anagrams: INVERTED SIPHON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-e-e-h-i-i-n-n-o-p-r-s-t-v"
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	-5 letters: deponents, desertion, dethrones, disorient, disproven, diversion, dripstone, endorphin, endpoints, enshrined, enthroned, enthrones, entropies, environed, ephedrins, ethionine, indenters, indentors, inherited, insertion, inshrined, insphered.
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