1. German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the Bunsen burner (1811-1899); [syn: Bunsen, Robert Bunsen, Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen
n 1: German chemist who with Kirchhoff pioneered spectrum
analysis but is remembered mainly for his invention of the
Bunsen burner (1811-1899) [syn: Bunsen, Robert Bunsen,
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]