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Bunsen burner
" I was quite naughty at school. I was always in the back of the class messing about with the Bunsen burner rather than paying attention."
Jim Sturgess

Meaning of "Bunsen burner" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD BUNSEN BURNER

Named after R. W. Bunsen.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF BUNSEN BURNER

ˈbʌnsən


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUNSEN BURNER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bunsen burner is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUNSEN BURNER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Bunsen burner

A Bunsen burner, named after Robert Bunsen, is a common piece of laboratory equipment that produces a single open gas flame, which is used for heating, sterilization, and combustion. The gas can be natural gas or a liquefied petroleum gas, such as propane, butane, or a mixture of both.

Definition of Bunsen burner in the English dictionary

The definition of Bunsen burner in the dictionary is a gas burner, widely used in scientific laboratories, consisting of a metal tube with an adjustable air valve at the base.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUNSEN BURNER

Anfinsen · Atkinson · Benson · Berenson · Branson · Bunsen · Dickinson · Jansen · Johnson · Jonson · Kristiansen · Manson · Nansen · Robinson · sponson · Stefansson · Stephenson · Stevenson · tenson · Wilkinson

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUNSEN BURNER

Bunsen · bunt · buntal · bunter · bunting · buntline · bunty · bunya · bunya-bunya · bunya-bunya pine · Bunyan · bunyip · Buonaparte · Buonarroti

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUNSEN BURNER

afterburner · back burner · baseburner · burner · CD burner · charcoal burner · charcoal-burner · churner · corner · front burner · gas burner · incense burner · lime burner · mourner · on the back burner · page-turner · returner · sojourner · spurner · to be on the front burner · turner

Synonyms and antonyms of Bunsen burner in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Bunsen burner» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BUNSEN BURNER

Find out the translation of Bunsen burner to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Bunsen burner from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Bunsen burner» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

本生灯
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

Mechero Bunsen
570 millions of speakers
en

English

Bunsen burner
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

लेम्प बर्नर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموقد بنسن
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

горелка Бунзена
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

Bico de Bunsen
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

বুনসেন - দীপ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

bec Bunsen
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

penunu Bunsen
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Bunsenbrenner
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

ブンゼンバーナー
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

분젠 버너
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Bunsen burner
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ổ ghi Bunsen
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

பன்சன்சுடரடுப்பு
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

बुनसेन बर्नर
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Bunsen brülörü
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

becco Bunsen
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

palnik Bunsena
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

пальник Бунзена
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

Bunsen burner
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Bunsen burner
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bunsenbrander
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Bunsenbrännare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bunsenbrenner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Bunsen burner

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Bunsen burner

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QUOTES WITH «BUNSEN BURNER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Bunsen burner.
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Jim Sturgess
I was quite naughty at school. I was always in the back of the class messing about with the Bunsen burner rather than paying attention.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUNSEN BURNER»

Discover the use of Bunsen burner in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Bunsen burner and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Med Lab.Technology
DEVICES FOR HEATING Bunsen burner is the most common device used in the laboratory for heating. It is used not only for heating liquids but also for flame sterilization and in other laboratory operations. Electric heaters and hot plates are  ...
Mukherjee, McGraw-Hill Education, 2000
2
Physics Expression - An Inquiry Approach for 'O' Level ...
two wooden stands • stopwatch • 300 mm plastic ruler wooden stand thermometer Bunsen burner 2 cm A 2 cm wooden stand (a) (i) Place two tins at equal distance (about 2 cm) on opposite sides of a Bunsen burner as shown above.
Julie Quah, 2008
3
RANS/PDF and LES/FDF for Prediction of Turbulent Premixed Flames
... scalar fields obtained by different ways . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 17 Bunsen burner, reacting flow: Instantaneous distribution of CPU requirements 54 18 Domain boundaries in the uniform decomposition, and total computational time per domain .
Server Levent Yilmaz, 2008
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Heat Release in Fires
Tests for the flammability of textiles were not standardised in England until the alcohol-cup test of the British Standards Institution in 1936 [4], and in the United States until the first version of the current NFPA 701 Bunsen-burner test was ...
V. Babrauskas, S. J. Grayson, 1990
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Certificate Chemistry Form 1
Charcoal jiko (energy saver) The Bunsen burner More than a hundred years ago a German scientist called Wilhelm Bunsen invented a burner. This burner was later named after his name — the Bunsen burner. The Bunsen burner is an ...
E. Mbasu
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Interactive Science For Inquiring Minds Volume A Practical ...
AIMS O To study the different parts of the Bunsen burner O To learn how to light the Bunsen burner O To find out about luminous and non-luminous flames O To observe a 'strike back' in the Bunsen burner (Teacher's Demonstration only) (not  ...
Tho Lai Hoong / Tho Mun Yi, 2008
7
Bunsen Burner
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, McBrewster John, 2010
8
Interactive Science Practical Book 1A Special/ Express/ ...
Activity 2 The Bunsen burner (3-4 periods) Aims: Thinking Skill: Apparatus: Materials: To study the different parts of the Bunsen burner To learn how to light the Bunsen burner To find out about luminous and non-luminous flames To observe a ...
Tho Lai Hoong/ Ho Peck Leng, 2001
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Med Lab Tech Vol 1, 2/e
Use and care of Bunsen burner The Bunsen burner provides an open flame for heating. It may be connected to the central gas line since it can burn bottled gas coming out of a cylinder. A well-adjusted Bunsen burner should ideally provide a  ...
K L Mukherjee, 2010
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Chemistry: An Industry-Based Laboratory Manual
The flame of a Bunsen burner is due to the combustion of natural gas, methane, in air. A Bunsen burner has independent control mechanisms for the flow of both gas and air. Examine your Bunsen burner and identify these controls. The gas ...
John Kenkel, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUNSEN BURNER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Bunsen burner is used in the context of the following news items.
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Berry's Ashes preview
Nathan Lyon is most likely to play as the solitary spinner throughout the series unless we confront a dry 'Bunsen burner' in the third Test at ... «Perth Now, Jul 15»
2
Create your own big bangs with the right chemistry (interactive video …
I recall a particularly smelly experiment involving copper and bromide with the aid of a Bunsen burner. But that was it. In this brilliant BBC video ... «Siliconrepublic.com, Jul 15»
3
Interview: Mark Steel on his Edinburgh Fringe show
Then someone would come out and melt a block of ice with a bunsen burner.” First and foremost, Steel is a comic, whose job is to make people ... «Scotsman, Jul 15»
4
Wittenoom Crescent residents share a deadly legacy with namesake …
"We were cheated, we were dudded from day 1," Mr Bennett says, recalling talk at the time of the Fluffy company using a Bunsen burner in the ... «The Canberra Times, Jul 15»
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Historic Bungendore property sliced up for bush retreats
"A Bunsen burner has been lit under all three for the first time. A lot of smart money is being invested in agriculture, a lot from overseas," Mr ... «The Canberra Times, Jun 15»
6
My makeup is none of your business. Stay out of my face
... visible pores, developing lipgloss to make our teeth sparkle and finding the secret to double lash thickness with the aid of a bunsen burner. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
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How Scientists Created A Typhus Vaccine In A 'Fantastic Laboratory'
... a louse through its anus using a tiny sort of micropipette that he would draw out - a glass pipette that he drew out in a Bunsen burner - and he ... «KRWG, Jun 15»
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St. Mary science lab earns grant
... tables and chair for students, a science demonstration table, new whiteboards to replace chalkboards and a demonstration Bunsen burner. «Lancaster Eagle Gazette, Jun 15»
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What's the Deal with Alkaline Diets?
And does that kit include a Bunsen burner?" Dunno, no, and maybe the deluxe one, but it is a fact both of them are on some form of the alkaline ... «MarieClaire.com, Jun 15»
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What you didn't know about 'The Birds' and 'Arachnophobia'
Screenwriters really don't give a flying Bunsen burner about accuracy. And more power to them; the imagination is a marvelous thing. «Chicago Tribune, Jun 15»
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