TANTALUS'S CUP

Definition: TANTALUS'S CUP

TANTALUS'S CUP

1. (Physics), a philosophical toy, consisting of a cup, within which is the figure of a man, and within the figure a siphon, the longer arm of which passes down through the bottom of the cup, and allows the escape of any liquid that may be poured in, when it reaches as high as the bend of the siphon, which is just below the level of the mouth of the figure in the cup.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern Translations: TANTALUS'S CUP

Language		Translations for "tantalus's cup"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Pig Latin		antalus'stay upcay.(various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: TANTALUS'S CUP

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "'-a-a-c-l-n-p-s-s-t-t-u-u"
	-3 letters: pustulants.
	-4 letters: catapults, pustulant.
	-5 letters: capstans, catapult, punctual, saltpans, scapulas, spatulas, sultanas, tantalus, unclasps.
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