Bifilar

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bifilar \Bi*fi"lar\, a. [Pref. bi- + filar.]
     Two-threaded; involving the use of two threads; as, bifilar
     suspension; a bifilar balance.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {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}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  bifilar
       adj : having or using two filaments; "a bifilar suspension of a
             waving part of an instrument"