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Definition: Bifilar |
BifilarAdjective1. Having or using two filaments; "a bifilar suspension of a waving part of an instrument". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Note: Bifilar \Bi*fi"lar\, adjective. [Prefix bi- filar.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Electrical Engineering | Suspension of mass by two well separated filaments. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Bifilar |
| English words defined with "bifilar": Bifilar micrometer. (references) |
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 | Plate I. Bifilar current meter designed by Otto Pettersson and described in 1905.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Figure 9. Winch system for use with the Pettersson bifilar current measuring device. It is a hand-crank winch designed for use in less than 100-meters water depth. Prince Albert I of Monaco personally used such a winch for observations on Gorringe Bank in 1904.Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |
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| "Bifilar" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Bifilar" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 10 | 111,207 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "bifilar": a bifilar ♦ Bifilar micrometer ♦ Filar or Bifilar. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "bifilar": bifilar-wound. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bifilar | 4 |
bifilar coil | 3 |
bifilar linea | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "bifilar"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | bifilar. (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bifilair, dubbelpolig. (various references) | ||||||||||
French | bifilaire. (various references) | ||||||||||
German | zeiadrig. (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | δίκλωνος, δίκλαδος, δίμιτος. (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | bipolare (bipolar, double-pole, two-pole), bifilare. (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | ifilarbay bifilar. (various references) | ||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bifilar": bifilarly. (additional references) | |
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"Bifilar" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Biflora, Bikila, Biofilta, Iftikar. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "bifilar" (pronounced 'Bi*fi"lar'): Alar, Antisolar, Apolar, Astylar, bipolar, Bolar, Cellar, Circumpolar, Cyclostylar, Dipolar, dollar, Electro-polar, Encollar, filar, Gular, hilar, interstellar, lunisolar, medlar, Medullar, Mullar, Patellar, Poplar, Praemolar, Premolar, Rostellar, scalar, Stilar, Subcellar, Subpolar, Substylar, Supersolar, Temporomalar, unifilar, unipolar, Velar, Volar, Zinco-polar. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-f-i-i-l-r" | |
-1 letter: fibril. | |
-2 letters: alibi, biali, brail, filar, flair, frail, libra, libri. | |
-3 letters: abri, alif, aril, bail, barf, birl, fail, fair, farl, fiar, fila, flab, ilia, lair, lari, liar, lira, liri, rail, rial. | |
-4 letters: ail, air, alb, arb, arf, bal, bar, bra, far, fib, fil, fir, lab, lar, lib, ria, rib, rif. | |
-5 letters: ab, ai, al, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-f-i-i-l-r" | |
+1 letter: fibrilla, fimbrial. | |
+2 letters: bifilarly, fibrillae, fibrillar. | |
+3 letters: fibrillate, friability, riboflavin, verifiable. | |
+4 letters: certifiable, certifiably, fibrillated, fibrillates, fireballing, formability, infrangible, infrangibly, rectifiable, riboflavins, vitrifiable. | |
+5 letters: defibrillate, fertilizable, fibrillating, fibrillation, fibroblastic, forgeability, frangibility, friabilities, infundibular, myofibrillar, unverifiable. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 69 66 69 6C 61 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .. ..-. .. .-.. .- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101001 01100110 01101001 01101100 01100001 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B i f i l a r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 0069 0066 0069 006C 0061 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)36757275786784 |
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