- manometric flame
- noun
: a flame produced by a device in which pressure variations due to sound waves are communicated to the gas feeding the flame and cause it to fluctuate in height so that when viewed in a revolving mirror the image of the flame appears as a luminous band with deep serrations corresponding roughly to the sound vibrations
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manometric flame,a gas flame which fluctuates in response to the movements of a diaphragm placed in an opening in the wall of an organ pipe or other resonator. The varying amounts of fluctuation are used to measure the sound vibrations in the pipe.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.