Bifilar
furnished or fitted with two filaments or threads.
historical examples
encyclopaedia britannica, 11th edition, volume 9, slice 2 various
adjective
having two parallel threads, as in the suspension of certain measuring instruments
of or relating to a resistor in which the wire is wound in a loop around a coil, the two leads being parallel, to reduce the inductance
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