Bunsen burner
Bunsen burner noun: a small laboratory gas burner whose air supply may be controlled with an adjustable hole.
Noun
Bunsen burner (plural Bunsen burners)
- A small laboratory gas burner whose air supply may be controlled with an adjustable hole.
- The due performance of Bunsen's burner depends upon the proper admixture of gas and air.1866, John Joseph Griffin, Chemical Handicraft: A Classified and Descriptive Catalogue of Chemical Apparatus
- Although the Bunsen burner has been in extensive use for several years, there would seem to be a very well-grounded suspicion that its capabilities have not yet been fully discovered, for applications for patents for inventions, which are based on the Bunsen burner, or on modifications of it, are...1875 October 1, English Mechanic and World of Science, volume 22, page 56
- Synonyms:
- Bunsen
Bunsen burner meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
Bunsen burner in Hindi
- small laboratory gas burner
- बुन्सेन बर्नर bunsen barnar, बुन्सेन ज्वालक bunsen jvālak
Bunsen burner in Tamil
- small laboratory gas burner
- பன்சன் சுடரடுப்பு paṉcaṉ cuṭaraṭuppu
Bunsen burner in Bengali
- small laboratory gas burner
- বুনসেন বার্নার bunośen barnar
Bunsen burner in Malayalam
- small laboratory gas burner
- ബുൻസൻ ദീപം buṉsaṉ dīpaṁ
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- Bunsen burner in Sinhala
- බන්සන් දාහකය bansan dāhakaya
- Bunsen burner in Tagalog
- apuyang Bunsen, kalang Bunsen
- Bunsen burner in Arabic
- مَوْقِد بُنْسِن mawqid bunsin
- Bunsen burner in Malay
- penunu Bunsen
- Bunsen burner in Indonesian
- pembakar Bunsen
- Bunsen burner in Persian
- چراغ بونزن čerâġ-e bunzen
- Bunsen burner in Thai
- ตะเกียงบุนเซิน dtà-giiang bun-sern
- Bunsen burner in Vietnamese
- Bunsen burner
Synonyms of Bunsen burner
Forms of Bunsen burner
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Origin of Bunsen burner
Named after German chemist and inventor Robert Bunsen, who invented the burner.
Questions about Bunsen burner
- What does Bunsen burner mean?
- Bunsen burner means a small laboratory gas burner whose air supply may be controlled with an adjustable hole.
- What is Bunsen burner in Hindi?
- Bunsen burner in Hindi is बुन्सेन बर्नर (bunsen barnar), बुन्सेन ज्वालक (bunsen jvālak). See Bunsen burner meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Bunsen burner?
- Bunsen burner is a noun.
- What is the plural of Bunsen burner?
- The plural of Bunsen burner is Bunsen burners.
Words near Bunsen burner in the dictionary
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