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Definition of Bourdon

Bourdon
Bourdon Bour"don`, n. [F. See Burden a refrain.] (Mus.) (a) A drone bass, as in a bagpipe, or a hurdy-gurdy. See Burden (of a song.) (b) A kind of organ stop.

Meaning of Bourdon from wikipedia

- Look up bourdon or Bourdon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bourdon derives from the French for bumblebee, and may refer to: Bourdon (bell), the lowest...
- Robert Gregory Bourdon (born January 20, 1979) is an American musician, best known as a co-founding member and the former drummer of the rock band Linkin...
- Didier Bourdon (French pronunciation: [didje buʁdɔ̃]; born 23 January 1959) is a French actor, screenwriter, and film director. He first reached stardom...
- The bourdon is the heaviest of the bells that belong to a musical instrument, especially a chime or a carillon, and produces its lowest tone. As an example...
- Luc Bourdon (February 16, 1987 – May 29, 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who pla**** for the Vancouver Canucks of the National...
- François Louis Bourdon (11 January 1758 – 22 June 1798), also known as Bourdon de l'Oise, was a French politician of the Revolutionary period and procureur...
- Sylvia Bourdon (born 1949 in Cologne, West Germany) is a French activist who speaks four languages and is an expert in French art and design. She acted...
- vacuum gauges or compound gauges (vacuum & pressure). The widely used Bourdon gauge is a mechanical device, which both measures and indicates and is...
- Bourdon is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Amé Bourdon (1636 or 1638–1706), French physician and anatomist Benjamin B. Bourdon (1860–1943)...
- Eugène Bourdon (1808–1884) was a French watchmaker and engineer. He is the inventor of the Bourdon tube pressure gauge for which he obtained a patent...