bifilar

POS

Adjective

HYPHEN

bi=fi=lar

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective bifilar has 1 sense

bifilar(a = adj.pert) - having or using two filaments; "a bifilar suspension of a waving part of an instrument"

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CIDE DICTIONARY

bifilar, a. [Pref. bi- + filar.].

Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance. [1913 Webster]

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.