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English Dictionary: bifilar by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bifilar
adj
  1. having or using two filaments; "a bifilar suspension of a waving part of an instrument"
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}.
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