free burning

1. 1.

   (of an electric arc) continuous

   “heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs”

   Synonymssustained

   Similarcontinuous

Questions about free burning

What does free burning mean?

free burning means "(of an electric arc) continuous".

What is another word for free burning?

Close synonyms include sustained. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is free burning a common word?

free burning is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.