Look up: barrier

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   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.
   Found on http://www.oasismanagement.com/glossary/
   
   
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   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.
   Found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/glossary
   
   
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   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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   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 difference between metal and a semiconductor,or between regions within a semiconductor material,arising from...
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   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 passage in order to stop an enemy. 2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach. 3.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/17
   
   
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   barrier
   An obstruction. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   barrier
   noun a structure or object that impedes free movement
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   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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   barrier
   noun anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
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    barrier
    (bar´e-әr) an obstruction. a partition between two fluid compartments in the body. a covering used to prevent contact with body fluids.
    Found on http://www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns
    
    
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    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.) A fence or railing to mark the limits of a plac...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
    
    
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    barrier
    an obstruction.
    Found on http://users.ugent.be/~rvdstich/eugloss/
    
    
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    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.
    Found on http://www-personal.umich.edu/~alandear/
    
    
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    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 ...
    Found on http://www.armstrong.com/commceilingsna/
    
    
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    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.
    Found on http://www.coaleducation.org/glossary.ht
    
    
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    barrier
    
    1. a structure or object that impedes free movement
    2. any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective
    3. anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
    
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    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
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/
    
    
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    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.
    Found on http://www.electropedia.org/iev/iev.nsf/