Bimorph
noun
(electronics) an assembly of two piezoelectric crystals cemented together so that an applied voltage causes one to expand and the other to contract, converting electrical signals into mechanical energy. Conversely, bending can generate a voltage: used in loudspeakers, gramophone pick-ups, etc
Read Also:
- Binchois
Gilles [Dutch khil-uh s;; French zheel] /Dutch ˈxɪl əs;; French ʒil/ (Show IPA), or Egidius [Dutch ey-khee-dee-oo s] /Dutch eɪˈxi diˌʊs/ (Show IPA), c1400–60, Flemish composer. Historical Examples A Popular History of the Art of Music W. S. B. Mathews
- Binchy
noun Maeve (meɪˈɪv). 1940–2012, Irish novelist and journalist; her bestselling novels include Circle of Friends (1990) and Quentins (2002)
- Bind hand and foot
see: bound hand and foot
- Bind up
to fasten or secure with a band or bond. to encircle with a band or ligature: She bound her hair with a ribbon. to swathe or bandage (often followed by up): to bind up one’s wounds. to fasten around; fix in place by girding: They bound his hands behind him. to tie up (anything, as […]
- Bindweed
any of various twining or vinelike plants, especially certain species of the genera Convolvulus and Calystegia. Historical Examples Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children W. Houghton Wildflowers of the Farm Arthur Owens Cooke The Girls of St. Wode’s L. T. Meade Chambers’s Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) Various Henry Brocken […]