bifilar

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bifilar - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

bifilar - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bifilar
      adj 1: having or using two filaments; "a bifilar suspension of a
             waving part of an instrument"