Look up: barrier

1. barrier
   Type: Term Pronunciation: bar′ē-er Definitions: 1. An obstacle or impediment. 2. In psychiatry, a conflictual agent that blocks behavior that could help resolve a personal struggle. 3. In psychotherapy, anything that acts as an impediment to the insight, constructive change, healing, and ...
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2. Barrier
   HMS Barrier was a British Barricade Class boom defence vessel of 730 tons displacement launched in 1938. HMS Barrier had a top speed of 11.75 knots and carried a complement of 32. She was armed with a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun.
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3. Barrier
   Is the threshold for an option feature to become active or inactive depending on the specifications. It also refers to a variety of option which has a barrier feature.
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4. barrier
   [Noun] Anything that blocks, stops or holds back something or someone.
   Example: A barrier was set up to stop the traffic using the main street during the street party. Kay's lack of fitness was a real barrier to her success in the cycle ride.
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5. barrier
   [n] - anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access 2. [n] - any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective 3. [n] - a structure or object that impedes free movement
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6. barrier
   fish trap Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • any obstruction to the spread of fire,typically an area or strip devoid of combustible material Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries • the potential differen...
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7. Barrier
   Bar'ri·er noun [ Middle English barrere , barere , French barrière , from barre bar. See Bar , noun ] 1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a...
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8. barrier
   An obstruction. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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9. barrier
   noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
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10. barrier
    roadblock noun any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; `intolerance is a barrier to understanding`
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11. barrier
    noun anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
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12. barrier
    (bar´e-әr) an obstruction. a partition between two fluid compartments in the body. a covering used to prevent contact with body fluids.
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13. Barrier
    • (n.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy. • (n.) An any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack. • (n.) A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach. • (n...
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14. barrier
    an obstruction.
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15. Barrier
    1. Any impediment to the international movement of goods, services, capital, or other factors of production. Most commonly a trade barrier. 2. An entry barrier.
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16. BARRIER
    Another term for the mobile barrier. A barrier may also refer to the position a horse has drawn in a mobile event.
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17. Barrier
    Any material or system that blocks or reduces the transmitted sound level as it passes through the material. A poor barrier material will provide a transmission loss TL < 10 dB, whereas a good material will have a TL > 20 dB for partial height barriers and TL > 50 dB for full height barriers, at the frequencies of interest. Both STC and ...
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18. Barrier
    Something that bars or keeps out. Barrier pillars are solid blocks of coal left between two mines or sections of a mine to prevent accidents due to inrushes of water, gas, or from explosions or a mine fire.
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19. barrier
    
    • a structure or object that impedes free movement
    • any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
    • anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
    
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20. barrier
    (control) transformer whose output variable is equal to the input variable during trouble-free operation and which limits certain variables (variable quantities) (not necessarily the signals themselves) to permissible values in the event of a malfunction
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21. barrier
    physical obstruction that prevents or delays the movement of people, radionuclides or some other phenomenon (e.g. fire) or provides shielding against radiation NOTE - Cladding of a fuel rod, vessel and containment are barriers.
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22. Barrier
    A barrier is something, either real or immaterial, that obstructs or prevents one thing from accessing another thing. A fence is a barrier in that it obstructs people from accessing what is on the opposite side of the fence. A cattle grid is a barrier to cloven-hooved animals, precenting their passa...
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23. Barrier
    Radiation-absorbing material, such as lead or concrete, used to reduce radiation exposure. A primary barrier attenuates useful beam to the required degree. A secondary barrier attenuates stray radiation to the required degree.
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24. Barrier
    Radiation-absorbing material, such as lead or concrete, used to reduce radiation exposure. A primary barrier attenuates useful beam to the required degree. A secondary barrier attenuates stray radiation to the required degree.
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25. Barrier
    (fault) An area of fault surface that is resistant to slip because of geometrical or structural changes.
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