Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
- a burner for an Argand lamp, or a gas burner in which the principle of that lamp is applied.
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- noun A
lamp with a circular hollowwick and glasschimney which allow acurrent of air both inside and outside of theflame .
Etymologies
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Named after the inventor, Aimé Argand of Geneva.
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