chain fountain
chain fountain · chain fountains
A contrivance involving a chain of beads placed inside a jar: when one end of the…A contrivance involving a chain of beads placed inside a jar: when one end of the chain is removed from the jar and allowed to fall to the floor, it establishes a self-sustaining flow of the chain which rises up into an arch as if being sucked by an invisible siphon.
Meaning
1 sensesA contrivance involving a chain of beads placed inside a jar: when one end of the chain is removed from the jar and allowed to fall to the floor, it establishes a self-sustaining flow of the chain which rises up into an arch as if being sucked by an invisible siphon.
Forms
plural: chain fountains| Singular | chain fountain |
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