BIFILAR Definition & Meaning

bifilar

[ bahy-fahy-ler ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

furnished or fitted with two filaments or threads.

bifilar

/ ��ɪˈ�ڲ�ɪ��ə /

adjective

having two parallel threads, as in the suspension of certain measuring instruments
of or relating to a resistor in which the wire is wound in a loop around a coil, the two leads being parallel, to reduce the inductance

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Derived Forms

��ˈ�ھ��, adverb

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Other �y��vlog Forms

��·�ھ�l��·�� adverb

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of bifilar¹

1830–40; bi- ¹ + Latin ��ī�� ( um ) ( file ¹ ) + -ar ¹

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But it ought to be remembered that a Dolezalek electrometer, with some hundred or more times the sensibility of the bifilar instrument, was only made possible by its predecessor.

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TwoÏthreaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar suspension; a bifilar balance.

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The suspension was also varied, sometimes consisting of a single wire, sometimes being bifilar.

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The suspension is bifilar, consisting of two fine wires which are connected to the ends of the coil and serve to lead the current in and out.

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The bifilar suspension was abandoned, and instead a new form of adjustable magnetic control was adopted.

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