singing flame

noun

A flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound; a chemical harmonicon.

Meanings

nounsinging flame (plural singing flames)

plural singing flames

  1. A flame, as of hydrogen or coal gas, burning within a tube and so adjusted as to set the air within the tube in vibration, causing sound; a chemical harmonicon.
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