1. bourdon - Noun
2. Bourdon - Proper noun
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 dictionaryAlso 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