'Flame reaction' definitions:

Definition of 'Flame reaction'

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  • Flame \Flame\ (fl[=a]m), n. [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F. flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau, Flamingo.]
  • 1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. --Pope. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. --Thackeray.
  • Syn: Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze. [1913 Webster]
  • Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5.
  • Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. --B. Jonson.
  • Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine.
  • Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See Manometer.
  • Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum.
  • Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia. [1913 Webster]