Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun bunsen

2 senses of bunsen

Sense 1
Bunsen, Robert Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen -- (German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899))
       INSTANCE OF=> chemist -- (a scientist who specializes in chemistry)

Sense 2
bunsen burner, bunsen, etna -- (a gas burner used in laboratories; has an air valve to regulate the mixture of gas and air)
       => gas burner, gas jet -- (burner such that combustible gas issues from a nozzle to form a steady flame)