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bifilar |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bifilar \Bi*fi"lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + filar.] Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance. {Bifilar micrometer} (often called {a bifilar}), an instrument form measuring minute distances or angles by means of two very minute threads (usually spider lines), one of which at least, is movable; -- more commonly called a {filar micrometer}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bifilar adj : having or using two filaments; "a bifilar suspension of a waving part of an instrument"
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