bifilar

[bahy-fahy-ler]

adjective

1. furnished or fitted with two filaments or threads.

bifilar

/ baɪˈfaɪlə /

adjective

1. having two parallel threads, as in the suspension of certain measuring instruments

2. 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

Other Word Forms

• bifilarly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of bifilar¹

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

Example Sentences

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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