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Bunsen burner

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Noun
  1. 1
    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."

  2. 2
    a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air wordnet

Etymology

Named after German chemist and inventor Robert Bunsen, who invented the burner.

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