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barrier
(mass) | barrier
- priehrada, prekážka |
barrier
(encz) | barrier,bariéra n: [zem.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
barrier
(encz) | barrier,mantinel n: Zdeněk Brož |
barrier
(encz) | barrier,ohrada n: RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
barrier
(encz) | barrier,přehrada n: Zdeněk Brož |
barrier
(encz) | barrier,překážka n: |
Barrier
(gcide) | Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re,
fr. barre bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other
obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
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2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a
country, commanding an avenue of approach.
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3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or
to keep back a crowd.
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No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced
into the lists. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or
attack. "Constitutional barriers." --Hopkinson.
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5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
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'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice
barrier! --Pope.
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Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a
barrier.
Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the
general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon
channel more or less extensive.
To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a
martial exercise. [Obs.]
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barrier
(wn) | barrier
n 1: a structure or object that impedes free movement
2: any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to
achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to
understanding" [syn: barrier, roadblock]
3: anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision
or access |
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barrier free
(encz) | barrier free,bezbariérový Oldřich Švec |
barrier reef
(encz) | barrier reef,bariérový útes |
barrier to entry
(encz) | barrier to entry,bariéra vstupu Zdeněk Brož |
barriers
(encz) | barriers,bariery n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
barriers to competition
(encz) | barriers to competition,překážky konkurence Mgr. Dita Gálová |
crash barrier
(encz) | crash barrier, n: |
ecological barrier
(encz) | ecological barrier,ekologická bariéra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
heat barrier
(encz) | heat barrier, n: |
ice-barrier
(encz) | ice-barrier,ledová bariéra [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
ideological barrier
(encz) | ideological barrier, n: |
import barrier
(encz) | import barrier, n: |
junction barrier
(encz) | junction barrier, n: |
language barrier
(encz) | language barrier, n: |
movable barrier
(encz) | movable barrier, n: |
nontariff barrier
(encz) | nontariff barrier, |
sonic barrier
(encz) | sonic barrier,zvuková bariéra n: Zdeněk Brož |
sound barrier
(encz) | sound barrier,zvuková bariéra n: Zdeněk Brož |
tariff barrier
(encz) | tariff barrier, |
tariff barriers
(encz) | tariff barriers,celní (tarifní) bariéry [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
thermal barrier
(encz) | thermal barrier, n: |
trade barrier
(encz) | trade barrier,obchodní bariéra Zdeněk Brož |
trade barriers
(encz) | trade barriers,obchodní bariéry [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
Barrier
(gcide) | Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re,
fr. barre bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other
obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
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2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a
country, commanding an avenue of approach.
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3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or
to keep back a crowd.
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No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced
into the lists. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or
attack. "Constitutional barriers." --Hopkinson.
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5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
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'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice
barrier! --Pope.
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Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a
barrier.
Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the
general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon
channel more or less extensive.
To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a
martial exercise. [Obs.]
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Barrier gate
(gcide) | Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re,
fr. barre bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other
obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
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2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a
country, commanding an avenue of approach.
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3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or
to keep back a crowd.
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No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced
into the lists. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or
attack. "Constitutional barriers." --Hopkinson.
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5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
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'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice
barrier! --Pope.
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Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a
barrier.
Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the
general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon
channel more or less extensive.
To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a
martial exercise. [Obs.]
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Barrier reef
(gcide) | Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re,
fr. barre bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other
obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
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2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a
country, commanding an avenue of approach.
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3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or
to keep back a crowd.
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No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced
into the lists. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or
attack. "Constitutional barriers." --Hopkinson.
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5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
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'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice
barrier! --Pope.
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Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a
barrier.
Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the
general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon
channel more or less extensive.
To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a
martial exercise. [Obs.]
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barrier reefs
(gcide) | Coral \Cor"al\, n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium,
fr. Gr. kora`llion.]
1. (Zool.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa,
and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed
by some Bryozoa.
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Note: The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to
various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid
genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is
the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian ({Corallium
rubrum}) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The {fan
corals}, plume corals, and sea feathers are species
of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny.
Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an
Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of
species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa,
Madrepora.
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2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their
color.
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3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and
other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything.
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Brain coral, or Brain stone coral. See under Brain.
Chain coral. See under Chain.
Coral animal (Zool.), one of the polyps by which corals are
formed. They are often very erroneously called {coral
insects}.
Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary.
Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent,
made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and
the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation.
They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the
land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a
broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute
separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll.
Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous
plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on
roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or
knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust.
under Coralloid.
Coral snake. (Zo)
(a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake {(Elaps
corallinus)}, coral-red, with black bands.
(b) A small, harmless, South American snake ({Tortrix
scytale}).
Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several
species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds.
The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron.
Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. --McElrath.
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To fight at barriers
(gcide) | Barrier \Bar"ri*er\, n. [OE. barrere, barere, F. barri[`e]re,
fr. barre bar. See Bar, n.]
1. (Fort.) A carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other
obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy.
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2. A fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a
country, commanding an avenue of approach.
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3. pl. A fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or
to keep back a crowd.
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No sooner were the barriers opened, than he paced
into the lists. --Sir W.
Scott.
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4. Any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or
attack. "Constitutional barriers." --Hopkinson.
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5. Any limit or boundary; a line of separation.
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'Twixt that [instinct] and reason, what a nice
barrier! --Pope.
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Barrier gate, a heavy gate to close the opening through a
barrier.
Barrier reef, a form of coral reef which runs in the
general direction of the shore, and incloses a lagoon
channel more or less extensive.
To fight at barriers, to fight with a barrier between, as a
martial exercise. [Obs.]
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barrier island
(wn) | barrier island
n 1: a long narrow sandy island (wider than a reef) running
parallel to the shore |
barrier reef
(wn) | barrier reef
n 1: a long coral reef near and parallel to the shore |
barrier strip
(wn) | barrier strip
n 1: a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need
for plugs [syn: junction barrier, barrier strip] |
blood-brain barrier
(wn) | blood-brain barrier
n 1: a mechanism that creates a barrier between brain tissues
and circulating blood; serves to protect the central
nervous system; "the brain was protected from the large
molecules of the virus by the blood-brain barrier" |
crash barrier
(wn) | crash barrier
n 1: a strong protective barrier that is erected around a
racetrack or in the middle of a dual-lane highway in order
to reduce the likelihood of severe accidents |
great barrier reef
(wn) | Great Barrier Reef
n 1: the largest coral reef in the world; in the Coral Sea off
the northeastern coast of Australia |
heat barrier
(wn) | heat barrier
n 1: a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
[syn: thermal barrier, heat barrier] |
ideological barrier
(wn) | ideological barrier
n 1: a barrier to cooperation or interaction resulting from
conflicting ideologies |
import barrier
(wn) | import barrier
n 1: any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
[syn: trade barrier, import barrier] |
junction barrier
(wn) | junction barrier
n 1: a junction unit for connecting 2 cables without the need
for plugs [syn: junction barrier, barrier strip] |
language barrier
(wn) | language barrier
n 1: barrier to communication resulting from speaking different
languages |
movable barrier
(wn) | movable barrier
n 1: a barrier that can be moved to allow passage |
sonic barrier
(wn) | sonic barrier
n 1: the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches
the speed of sound [syn: sonic barrier, sound barrier] |
sound barrier
(wn) | sound barrier
n 1: the increase in aerodynamic drag as an airplane approaches
the speed of sound [syn: sonic barrier, sound barrier] |
thermal barrier
(wn) | thermal barrier
n 1: a limit to high speed flight imposed by aerodynamic heating
[syn: thermal barrier, heat barrier] |
trade barrier
(wn) | trade barrier
n 1: any regulation or policy that restricts international trade
[syn: trade barrier, import barrier] |
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