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bifilar
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bi·fi·lar  (b-flr)
adj.
Fitted with or involving the use of two threads or wires.
bi·filar·ly adv.
bifilar [baɪˈfaɪlə]
adj
1. (Physics / General Physics) having two parallel threads, as in the suspension of certain measuring instruments
2. (Electronics) 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
bifilarly  adv
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Adj.1.bifilar - having or using two filaments; "a bifilar suspension of a waving part of an instrument"
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A bifilarly suspended wire coil was used in his electrodynamometer to measure the forces that conductors of electric currents mutually exert.
Through measurement to knowledge: the inaugural lecture of Heike ... by Laesecke, Arno / Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology
 
 
 
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