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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capable of being folded into two parts, as with leaves that are hinged together: a bifold door; bifold shutters. Historical Examples Hints on cheese-making Thomas Day Curtis
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