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thermo-ˈsiphon
[f. thermo- + siphon.]
A siphon attachment by which the circulation in a system of hot-water pipes is increased or induced. Also attrib. So thermo-siˈphonic a.
1834Loudon Encycl. Gard. §2142 Fowler's method of circulating hot water in his thermosiphon. 1904A. B. F. Young Compl. Motorist iii. 55 Circulation is maintained either by a centrifugal pump driven by a chain off the engine shaft, or, automatically, by means of what is known as the ‘Thermo-Syphon’ system, in which advantage is taken of the fact that hot water rises to the top of a tank and cold water sinks to the bottom. 1906Daily Chron. 3 Mar. 3/6 Water from a reservoir is circulated around the cylinder, in the water-jacket, either by a pump worked by the engine, or on the thermo-syphon system. 1920Autocar 7 Feb. 251/1 Water is circulated by thermo⁓syphonic action. 1963R. F. Webb Motorists' Dict. 210 Thermo syphon cooling, a type of liquid cooling for an automobile engine where there is no mechanical assistance for the flow of the liquid through the system. 1968G. N. Georgano Compl. Encycl. Motorcars 473 Cooling was by thermo-syphon, the hallmark of the Renault being the huge dashboard radiator. 1982Solar Energy (Shell Internat. Petroleum Co.) 3/2 (caption) Typical solar water heater thermo-syphon system. |