bourdon

Speech parts

1. bourdon - Noun

2. Bourdon - Proper noun

Meaning

A pilgrim's staff.

A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.)

A kind of organ stop.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

drone drone pipe baton clarion piccolo cornet development bass bridge burden chorus trumpet clarinet bassoon burdon
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Antonyms

beginning problem whole trouble silence aggregate
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Hypernyms

pipe

Anagrams

obround

Examples

Also in 1849, Bernard Schaeffer in Magdeburg, Germany patented a successful diaphragm (see below) pressure gauge, which, together with the Bourdon gauge, revolutionized pressure measurement in industry. Source: Internet

Bourdon Membrane-type manometer The Bourdon pressure gauge uses the principle that a flattened tube tends to straighten or regain its circular form in cross-section when pressurized. Source: Internet

Bourdon tube pressure gauges. Source: Internet

Due to the short distance between the lever arm link boss and the pivot pin and the difference between the effective radius of the sector gear and that of the spur gear, any motion of the Bourdon tube is greatly amplified. Source: Internet

French-speaking students can attend the Lycée Français ( Lycée Alexandre Dumas ), located in Bourdon. Source: Internet

Malanga was there, along with the dealer Ivan Karp and curator Henry Geldzahler; also present were the art critic David Bourdon, socialite Brigid Berlin and others from Warhol’s “band of pop-artistic merrymakers”, in the words of a local paper. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Bourdieuan Bourdieusian Bourdin bourekas Bourey bourg