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Meker burner
[ mek-er ]
noun
, Chemistry.
- a gas burner similar to the Bunsen burner but producing a hotter flame by virtue of having at its mouth a metal screen to allow a more intimate mixture of air and gas.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Meker burner1
1955–60; named after George Meker, 20th-century chemist, its inventor
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