vertical bar
61Flinders bar — Navig. a bar of soft iron, mounted vertically beneath a compass to compensate for vertical magnetic currents. See diag. under binnacle. [1880 85; named after M. FLINDERS] * * * …
62torsion bar — noun a bar forming part of a vehicle suspension, twisting in response to the motion of the wheels and absorbing their vertical movement …
63double bar — dou′ble bar′ n. mad a double vertical line on a musical staff indicating the end of a piece of music or a principal section • Etymology: 1665–75 …
64double bar — n. Music two adjacent, parallel vertical lines drawn through the staff to indicate the end of a section or composition …
65drop bar — noun 1. : a bar or roller that guides a sheet into a printing press or folding machine called also drop roller 2. : any of the vertical bars in a suspension bridge connecting the roadway and the chain or cable …
66flinders bar — “ noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: after Matthew Flinders died 1814 English mariner : a soft iron bar or bundle of soft iron rods placed vertically near a ship s compass to counteract deviation due to magnetic induction from the earth …
67galton bar — ˈgȯltən noun Usage: usually capitalized G Etymology: after Sir Francis Galton died 1911 English scientist, its inventor : an instrument used in tests of the accuracy of estimate of visible lengths that consists of a horizontal bar to be bisected …
68double bar — noun Date: 1662 two adjacent vertical lines or a heavy single line separating principal sections of a musical composition …
69double bar — Music. a double vertical line on a staff indicating the conclusion of a piece of music or a subdivision of it. See illus. under bar1. [1665 75] * * * …
70double bar — two vertical lines used to indicate the conclusion of a piece of music …
