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Bridezilla Bridezilla (a portmanteau of bride and Godzilla) is a term used to describe a difficult, unpleasant, perfectionist bride who leaves aggravated family, friends and bridal vendors in her wake. A bridezilla is obsessed with her wedding as her perfect day and will disregard the feelings of her family, bridesmaids and even her groom in her quest for the perfect wedding.
Bridge A bridge is a structure built to span a gorge, valley, road, railroad track, river, body of water, or any other physical obstacle. Designs may be built higher than otherwise needed in order to allow other traffic (particularly ship traffic) beneath.
Bridge (instrument) A bridge is a device for supporting the strings on a stringed instrument and transmitting the vibration of those strings to some other structural component of the instrument in order to transfer the sound to the surrounding air.
Bridge (music) In popular music, a bridge is a contrasting section which also prepares for the return of the original material section. The bridge may be the middle-eight in a thirty-two-bar form (the B in AABA), or it may be used more loosely in verse-chorus form, or, in a compound AABA form, used as a contrast to a full AABA section, as in "Every Breath You Take".
Bridge (ship) The bridge of a ship is an area or room where the ship's navigational controls and other essential equipment related to ship operations are housed and operated. It is so called because it once was a bridge between paddlewheel housings on either side of early steamboats, allowing the captain to see over the high wheel housings that would otherwise have blocked his view.
Bridge and tunnel Bridge and tunnel (often abbreviated B&T) is a derogatory term used by residents of Manhattan to refer to the large number of people who commute into the borough from the New York Metropolitan Area, both for work and for the New York nightlife. The term is now often generalized and used in other regions of the U.
Bridge and Tunnel (show) Bridge and Tunnel is a one-woman Broadway show, in which all of the parts are performed by stage actress Sarah Jones. Jones explores the diverse immigrant makeup of the outer boroughs of New York City by playing a variety of different characters, each of a different race.
Bridge Builder Bridge Builder is a series of computer games developed and published by Chronic Logic. Bridge Builder is the first in the series, followed by Pontifex and Pontifex 2, later known as the Bridge Construction SetChronic Logic website, and Bridge It.
Bridge circuit A bridge circuit is a type of electrical circuit in which the current in a conductor splits into two parallel paths and then recombines into a single conductor, thereby enclosing a loop. It was originally used for measurement purposes, but can also be used in power supplies.
Bridge convention In the game of contract bridge, a convention is an agreed-upon meaning for a call (a bid, double or redouble, or a pass) during the auction phase of the hand. Often, the inventor of the convention gives it a name; some widespread conventions got a name after their (perceived) authors.
Bridge Cafe The Bridge Cafe is located at 279 Water Street in the South Street Seaport area of Manhattan. It opened in 1794 and claims to be "The Oldest Drinking Establishment in New York" in a building that used to house a brothel.
Bridge digital camera Bridge or "prosumer" digital cameras are high-end live-preview digital cameras (LPDs). They are comparable in size and weight to the smallest digital single-lens reflex cameras (DSLRs), but they lack the mirror and reflex system that characterize DSLRs.
Bridge financing Bridge financing is a method of financing, used to maintain liquidity while waiting for an anticipated and reasonably expected inflow of cash. Bridge financing is commonly used when the cash flow from a sale of an asset is expected after the cash outlay for the purchase of an asset.
Bridge graft A bridge graft is used to supply nutrients to the upper portions of a woody perennial when the bark, and therefore the conductive tissues, have been removed from part of the trunk. This wound is often caused by rabbits or other rodents, stripping the bark away and girdling the tree.
Bridge House Estates Bridge House Estates (also known as the Bridge House Trust) is an ancient London-based trust, still in operation today. Originally established by Royal Charter in 1282 (but able to trace its origins back to as early as 1097) to maintain London Bridge, it later rebuilt it several times and built Blackfriars Bridge and Tower Bridge.
Bridge jumping Bridge Jumping is a popular activity among students at Cambridge University on the River Cam during the summer time. The object of the exercise is to climb (rather than literally jumping) over one of the bridges of the River Cam, both starting and finishing in a punt on the river.
Bridge line A bridge line is a rail carrier tasked primarily with moving traffic from one major carrier to another (hence the "bridge" moniker). Bridge lines often were located between two major cities, connecting rail carriers that served those cities and interchanging their cars.
Bridge locus In neuroscience the bridge locus for a particular sensory percept is a hypothetical set of neurons whose activity is the basis of that sensory percept. Activity in the bridge locus neurons are necessary and sufficient for sensory perception.
Bridge mode Bridge mode is the configuration of a modem that allows it to be able to use a router generally without conflict. If a modem is not put into bridge mode before hooking up a router it will conflict as both devices will attempt to host the internet connection inside of themselves.
Bridge module In the Star Trek fictional universe, the Bridge Module contains the ship's Main Bridge - where primary control of a starship is located. The Bridge Module is located on Deck 1, at the top of the saucer section.
Bridge Mixture Bridge Mixture is a Canadian confectionery manufactured by Hershey Canada. Sold in bright yellow boxes of 145 grams, the Mixture is comprised of miscellaneous sweet candies coated in two varieties of milk chocolate-- a lighter kind and a darker kind.
Bridge of Arta The Bridge of Arta is a stone bridge that crosses the Arachthos river (Αράχθος) near the city of Arta (Άρτα) in Greece. The bridge became famous from the eponymous legendary folk ballad, which is at the core about human sacrifice.
Bridge of Four Lions Bridge of Four Lions (Russian: Львиный мост, Мост о четырех львах) is a 28-meter-long pedestrian bridge over the Griboedov Canal in St Petersburg, connecting L'vinyi Drive to Malaya Podyacheskaya Street. Its abutments are crowned with four cast-iron sculptures of lions, which give the bridge its name.
Bridge of Hope Inc In 1989 Bridge of Hope, a faith based nonprofit organization, began serving homeless single mothers and their children in Lancaster and Chester Counties, Pennsylvania. By combining the efforts of volunteer church mentoring groups with additional services provided by staff.
Bridge of No Return Located in the Joint Security Area (JSA), the so-called "Bridge of No Return" crosses the Military Demarcation Line (MDL) between North Korea and South Korea. It was used for prisoner exchanges at the end of the Korean War in 1953.
Bridge of Regeringsgatan The Bridge of Regeringsgatan (Swedish: Regeringsgatans bro) or more correctly Bridge of Regeringsgatan over Kungsgatan (Regeringsgatans viadukt över Kungsgatan) is a bridge in central Stockholm, Sweden, taking the street Regeringsgatan ("The Government Street") over Kungsgatan ("The King's Street"). It was inaugurated in 1910.
Bridge of Sighs (Oxford) Hertford Bridge in New College Lane, Oxford, England is often referred to as the "Bridge of Sighs" because of its supposed similarity to the famous bridge of the same name in Venice. However, Hertford Bridge was never intended to be a replica of the Venetian bridge and many believe it looks more similar to the Rialto Bridge in the same city.
Bridge of the Americas The Bridge of the Americas (Spanish: Puente de las Américas; originally known as the Thatcher Ferry Bridge) is a road bridge in Panama, which spans the Pacific entrance to the Panama Canal. Built in 1962, at a cost of US$20 million, it was the only non-swinging bridge (there are two other bridges, one at Maraflores locks and one at Gatun locks) connecting the north and south American land masses until the opening of the Centennial Bridge in 2004.
Bridge of the Gods (geologic event) The original Bridge of the Gods was created approximately 300 years ago by the Bonneville Slide, which dammed the Columbia River (see also Columbia River Gorge) in the modern-day Pacific Northwest of the United States in the eighteenth century. It was a landslide across the Columbia 200 feet high.
Bridge of the Gods (modern structure) The Bridge of the Gods is a steel truss cantilever bridge that spans the Columbia River between Cascade Locks, Oregon and Washington state near Stevenson. It is approximately 40 mi (64 km) east of Portland, Oregon and 4 miles (6.
Bridge piercing A bridge piercing is a body piercing through the bridge of the nose, usually directly between the eyes of the wearer. Depending on the amount of "loose" skin in the area being pierced this piercing will heal easily, or cases where less skin is present, more like a surface piercing.
Bridge pin Bridge pins are used on some musical instruments to locate the string precisely in the horizontal plane and to affect the sustain of the strings. They are usually made of steel in modern pianos, of brass in harpsichords.
Bridge plate Bridge plates are used on some low-floor light rail vehicles to provide for wheelchair access. The bridge plate extends from the vehicle to the platform, which must be raised to close to the level of the floor of the vehicle so that the wheelchair need not travel over an excessively steep ramp (in the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act specifies that the slope must be no more than 1 inch of rise for every 12 inches of length).
Bridge Pā Bridge Pā is a rural Māori settlement and surrounding area in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, located approximately 10 kilometres inland from Hastings. The pā itself comprises approximately 70 households, a school, a Mormon Temple, two marae (Korangata Marae and Mangaroa Marae), a cemetery and a disused quarry.
Bridge River The Bridge River is, or was, a major tributary of British Columbia's Fraser River, entering that stream about six miles upstream from the town of Lillooet. Its native name in the Lillooet language is Xwisten (pronounced Hwist'n).
Bridge River Indian Band The Bridge River Indian Band also known as the NxwĂ­sten First Nation, the Xwsisten First Nation, and the Bridge River Band, is a First Nations government located in the Central Interior-Fraser Canyon region of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is a member of the Lillooet Tribal Council (also known as the St'at'imc Nation), which is the largest grouping of band governments of the St'at'imc people (aka the Lillooet people).
Bridge River Ocean The Bridge River Ocean was an ancient ocean that existed between North America and the Insular Islands during the Paleozoic time. Like the earlier Slide Mountain Ocean the Bridge River Ocean had a subduction zone on the ocean floor called the Insular Trench.
Bridge scoring Bridge scoring is the method of keeping score in contract bridge. There are two basic types of scoring for a single deal: "duplicate" and "rubber" scoring, which share most features, but differ in how the components of the score are accumulated.
Bridge School Benefit The Bridge School Benefit is an annual non-profit charity concert held in Mountain View, California (San Jose) every October at the Shoreline Amphitheatre. The concerts are all organized by musician Neil Young and his wife, Pegi.
Bridge to Nowhere (San Gabriel Mountains) The Bridge to Nowhere is an arch bridge that was built in 1936 north of Azusa, California in the San Gabriel Mountains at . It spans the East Fork of the San Gabriel River and was meant to be part of a road connecting the San Gabriel Valley with Wrightwood.
Bridge to the Sun The 1961 movie Bridge to the Sun starring Carroll Baker, James Shigeta, James Yagi and Tetzuro Tamba is based on the autobiography 'Bridge To The Sun' by Gwendolen Terasaki, based on actual events in the life of Gwen.
Bridge to Terabithia (1985 film) Bridge to Terabithia was made into a movie filmed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for PBS in 1985, starring Annette O'Toole, Julian Coutts and Julie Beaulieu. The film is based on the children's novel Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson.
Bridge-to-bridge station In telecommunication, a bridge-to-bridge station is a ship station operating in the port operations service in which messages are restricted to navigational communications and which is capable of operation from the ship's navigational bridge or, in the case of a dredge, from its main control station, operating on a frequency or frequencies in the 156-162 MHz band.
Bridgebuilding Brotherhood Bridgebuilding Brotherhood, a confraternity (Fratres Pontifices) that arose in the south of France during the latter part of the 12th century, and maintained hospices at the chief fords of the principal rivers, besides building bridges and looking after ferries. The brotherhood was recognized by Pope Clement III.
Bridged and paralleled amplifiers Bridged and paralleled amplifiers are multiple amplifiers connected such that they drive a floating load (bridge) or a common load (parallel). This article is aimed more at IC amplifiers but can be applied to discrete ones as well.
Bridgehead A bridgehead is literally a military fortification that protects the end of a bridge that is closest to the enemy. The term has been generalized to mean any kind of defended area that is extended into hostile territory, in particular the area on the farside of a defended river bank or a segment of coastline initially seized by an amphibious assault.
Bridgehead Coffee Originally founded in 1981 in Toronto by Oxfam, Bridgehead is a small fair trade coffeehouse chain which now has seven outlets in Ottawa, Canada. Called one of the “pioneers of fair trade in Canada” by TransFair Canada "Fair Trade Echoes," TransFair Canada (2006), v.
Bridgehouses railway station Bridgehouses was the terminal station of the Sheffield, Ashton-under-Lyne and Manchester Railway from its opening in 1845 until the opening of the Wicker Arches, a 660 yards long viaduct across the Don Valley, which supported the new Sheffield Victoria opened on 15th September 1851. By this time the railway operating company had become the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, which in 1899 became the Great Central Railway.
Bridgeman Art Library The Bridgeman Art Library, based in London, England and elsewhere, provides one of the largest archives for reproductions of works of art in the world. Founded in 1972 by Harriet Bridgeman, the goal of the library is to cover the entire history of humanity's relationship with art.
Bridgend Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a town in the traditional county of Glamorgan and the main town in the county borough of Bridgend in south Wales. It is roughly midway between the principal city Cardiff, and Swansea.
Bridgend (county borough) Bridgend (Welsh: Pen-y-bont ar Ogwr) is a county borough in Glamorgan, southern Wales. The county borough has a total population of 130,000 people, and contains the settlements of Bridgend, after which it is named, Maesteg, and the seaside town of Porthcawl.
Bridgend Industrial Estate Bridgend Industrial Estate is a large industrial complex in Bridgend, South Wales. It is made up of three adjoining Industrial Estates, being Waterton, Bridgend, and North Road, incorporating a retail park in Waterton.
Bridgeport (Metro-North station) The Bridgeport Metro-North Railroad station serves the residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut via the New Haven Line. The station is the transfer point between the Waterbury Branch and the Northeast Corridor mainline.
Bridgeport Bluefish The Bridgeport Bluefish are an Atlantic League team based in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Since the 1998 season, they have played in the North Division of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, which is not affilitated with Major League Baseball.
Bridgeport Roesslers The Bridgeport Newfield Steelers were an American basketball team based in Bridgeport, Connecticut that was a member of the American Basketball League. Before the 1949/50 season, the team became the Bridgeport Aer-A-Sols and for their final season was renamed the Bridgeport Roesslers.
Bridgeport, Pennsylvania Bridgeport is a borough in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 18 miles (29 km) north of Philadelphia on the Schuylkill River. The old-time industries were paper, flour, cotton, and woolen mills, steel works, brickyards, etc.
Bridger Bowl Ski Area Bridger Bowl is a local ski hill for the residents of Bozeman, Montana and students at Montana State University-Bozeman. Located in the Bridger Range in Southwestern Montana, Bridger is a locally owned non-profit ski area known for providing locals with affordable great terrain and great snow without the out-of-state and tourist crowds involved with Big Sky Resort and Moonlight Basin Resort, the other ski areas near Bozeman.
Bridger Mountains (Wyoming) The Bridger Mountains (highest point 8359 ft/2533 m) are a short subrange of the Rocky Mountains, approximately 40 mi (64 km) long, in central Wyoming in the United States. The range forms a bridge between the Owl Creek Mountains to the west and the southern end of the Bighorn Mountains to the east.
Bridger Palmer Bridger Palmer played Otter Beardsley in Yours, Mine and Ours. He started acting (along with his twin brother Brecken Palmer) when they were four years old, following the footsteps of their older sister, Jaelin, who has a small part as a bully in the film.
Bridger Wilderness The Bridger Wilderness is located in Bridger-Teton National Forest in Wyoming, United States. Originally established in 1931 as a primitive area, the 428,169 acre (1,732 km²) region was redesignated as a wilderness in 1964 and expanded to the current size in 1984.
Bridges Advocacy and Outreach Center Bridges Advocacy and Outreach Center is a non-profit organization in Coos and Curry counties in Oregon. It was founded in 2002 by Leeann MacDonald and Julie Miles to support and advocate for families of children with special needs and disabilities.
Bridges Hall Bridges Hall, is a large hall of residence for undergraduate and postgraduate students at the University of Reading, situated at the north-east corner of the main Whiteknights Campus. Positioned in a leafy, grassy setting, the hall is said to be on the rise, ascending from Whiteknights Lake towards the Earley Gate, and is a few minutes walk from the main academic area.
Bridges in film Bridges are frequently featured in films for their impressive appearance, identifiability, and opportunity for chase scenes or spectacular collapses. They can also convey a metaphor of connectedness or distance, depending on the sequence of movement.
Bridges in Kiev Kiev, located on both the right and the left banks of the Dnieper River, whose width, as it flows through the city, reaches some several hundred meters, currently has seven bridges spanning across the river and a few dozen bridges across the canals and Dnieper tributaries.
Bridges in Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Illinois and East Peoria, Illinois are separated by the Illinois River, a 240 mile long body of water that reaches up to a mile across in places along Peoria Lake. The Illinois River is one of six rivers that are included in the Lower Illinois River Basin which extends between Ottawa, Illinois and and the MIssissippi River at Grafton, IL.
Bridges of Brisbane The Brisbane River running through Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, is crossed by 13 major bridges, from the Gateway downsteam to the Centenary upsteam. The river meanders through an urban area that comprises 1.
Bridges' Analysis of Milton's Later Work In his book Milton's Prosody, Robert Bridges continues his detailed analysis of the prosody of John Milton's Paradise Lost, by looking at the changes in Milton's practice with his later poems Paradise Regained and Samson Agonistes.
Bridges' Analysis of Paradise Lost In his book Milton's Prosody, Robert Bridges undertakes a detailed analysis of the prosody of John Milton's Paradise Lost. Bridges shows that there are no lines in Paradise Lost with less than ten syllables, and furthermore, that with a suitable definition of elision, there are no mid-line extra-metrical syllables.
Bridget D'Oyly Carte Dame Bridget Cicely D'Oyly Carte DBE (March 25 1908 – May 2 1985), was the granddaughter of Richard D'Oyly Carte and the only daughter of Rupert D'Oyly Carte and the former Lady Dorothy Milner Gathorne-Hardy. She became head of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company from 1948 until 1982.
Bridget Driscoll On August 17, 1896, in London, Bridget Driscoll, age 44 or 45, became an early car accident fatality (Mary Ward may have been the first in 1869). As she and her teenage daughter, May, (and possibly one other person) crossed the grounds of the Crystal Palace, an automobile belonging to the Anglo-French Motor Car Company and being used to give demonstration rides struck her at a speed witnesses described as "a reckless pace, in fact, like a fire engine.
Bridget Jones's Diary (film) Bridget Jones' Diary is a 2001 film, based on the novel, also called Bridget Jones' Diary, by Helen Fielding. The adaptation starred Renée Zellweger as Bridget, Hugh Grant as the caddish Daniel Cleaver and Colin Firth as Bridget's 'true love' Mark Darcy.
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is a 1999 novel by Helen Fielding, a sequel to her popular Bridget Jones's Diary. It chronicles Bridget Jones's adventures after she begins to suspect that her boyfriend (Mark Darcy) is falling for a rich 'jellyfish' -- a "friend" of hers named Rebecca whose underhanded compliments sting anyone in the vicinity.
Bridget Kendall Bridget Kendall (born 27 April 1956 in Oxford, United Kingdom) is a diplomatic correspondent for the BBC, a post that she has held since November 1998. Her father is David George Kendall, a well-known British statistican.
Bridget McDonough Bridget McDonough has been employed in arts management since graduating from Northwestern University in 1978. She co-founded Light Opera Works in 1980, and has produced more than 400 performances of 77 shows for the company, including Chicago and American premieres by Kálmán, Bernstein, Offenbach and others.
Bridget McKeever Bridget McKeever (born 2 February, 1983 in Ballymoney) is a field hockey midfielder and defender from Northern Ireland, who made her international debut for the Ireland Women's National Team in 2003 against Japan.
Bridget Neval Bridget Neval (born February 13, 1985) is an Australian/Canadian actress. She has been in various television programs including Wicked Science but is most famous for her portrayal of Lana Crawford in Neighbours.
Bridget St John Bridget St John is a singer with a distinctively deep and somewhat melancholy voice. She learnt piano and viola as a child in London, and guitar while a student at Sheffield University, from which she graduated in 1968.
Bridget Wishart Bridget Wishart (born 25 Feb 1962) was a vocalist and performance artist with Hawkwind from 1989 to 1991, appearing on Space Bandits, Palace Springs, California Brainstorm and Take Me to Your Future albums and among others the Bournemouth Academy video.
Bridgeton Public Schools Bridgeton Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves the city of Bridgeton, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States. BPS, an Abbott District, serves the city of Bridgeton.
Bridgeton, Portland, Oregon Bridgeton is a compact neighborhood of detached house]s, [[rowhouses, apartment and condominium complexes, and houseboats in the North and Northeast sections of Portland, Oregon. It occupies a narrow strip of land around a levee between the Columbia River (North Portland Harbor) and Bridgeton Slough.
Bridgetown Market Street Fair The Bridgetown Market Street Fair is an annual sub-festival of the Barbados Crop Over Festival held in Bridgetown the capital of Barbados held every year in the last week of July where calypso is performed and cooking contests are held.
Bridgetown, Devon Bridgetown is not really a separate town, but is a part of Totnes. It is divided from Totnes itself by the River Dart, and came into existence as a result of the first bridge being built across the river at Totnes.
Bridgetown, Western Australia Bridgetown (; post code: 6255) is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, approximately 270 km south of Perth on the Blackwood River at the intersection of South Western Highway with Brockman Highway to Nannup and Augusta.
Bridgettines The Bridgettine or Briggittine order is a monastic religious order of Augustinian canonesses founded by Saint Birgitta (Saint Bridget) of Sweden approximately 1350, and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370. They observed the Augustinian Rule.
Bridgewater (NJT station) Bridgewater is a New Jersey Transit railroad station on the Raritan Valley Line, in Bridgewater, New Jersey. The station sits on the site of the former "Calco" station that served American Cyanamid prior to its closure.
Bridgewater Associates Bridgewater Associates is a global investment manager, or hedge fund, and manages over $165 billion in assets. Approximately $21 billion is invested in the firm's hedge fund product, Pure Alpha, making the firm the second largest hedge fund in the world.
Bridgewater Bridge The Bridgewater Bridge and Causeway spans the Derwent River in Tasmania, Australia between Bridgewater and Granton. It consists of a vertical lift bridge and a specially-built causeway connecting the bridge to the east bank of the river.
Bridgewater Country Fire Service Bridgewater Country Fire Service is the fire service for the small country town of Bridgewater, South Australia. They have a small community shop that sells second hand cloths and furniture which helps fund the brigade.
Bridgewater High School Warrington Bridgewater High school is a state school located in Warrington, Cheshire. It consists of the "Lower Site" where pupils aged between 11 and 14 attend, and the "Upper Site", which is for pupils between the ages of 14 and 16.
Bridgewater Monument The Bridgewater Monument () is a tower in the Chiltern Hills in England, built in 1832 in memory of Francis Egerton, 3rd Duke of Bridgewater, "the father of inland navigation". It is 108 feet tall, with 170 steps inside, designed by Sir Jeffry Wyattville in a Doric style.
Bridgewater Place Bridgewater Place is an under construction office and residential development in Leeds, United Kingdom designed by Aedas Architects. Construction of this building began in 2004 and is due to be completed in 2007.
Bridgewater-Raritan High School Bridgewater-Raritan High School (commonly BRHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school. It is the single high school of the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District serving students from Bridgewater Township and Raritan in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States.
Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District is a regional public school district serving two municipalities in Somerset County, New Jersey. The communities that are part of this district are Bridgewater Township and Raritan Borough.
Bridgewater, South Australia Bridgewater is a town in the Adelaide Hills, southeast of Adelaide in South Australia. It is in the Adelaide Hills Council, and is in the state electoral district of Heysen and the federal electorate of the Division of Mayo.
Bridgman effect The Bridgman effect, also called the internal Peltier effect, is a phenomenon that occurs when an electric current passes through an anisotropic crystal - there is an absorption or liberation of heat because of the non-uniformity in current distribution.
Bridgman seal A Bridgman seal, named after Percy Williams Bridgman, seals a high pressure volume by the use of an unsupported area to create a higher pressure between two pistons. A viscous material such as copper or soap-stone is used in the generated higher pressure area to seal the intended pressure area.
Bridgman's thermodynamic equations In thermodynamics, Bridgman's thermodynamic equations are a basic set of thermodynamic equations, derived using a method of generating a large number of thermodynamic identities involving a number of thermodynamic quantities. The equations are named after the American physicist Percy Williams Bridgman.
Bridgnorth railway station Bridgnorth railway station is a station on the Severn Valley Railway heritage line, serving the Shropshire town of Bridgnorth. It is now the northern terminus of the SVR, home to the main engine shed and a large gift shop amongst other facilities.
Bridgwater and Taunton Canal The Bridgwater and Taunton Canal is a canal in the south west of England between Bridgwater and Taunton, linking with the River Parrett and the River Tone. It was originally intended that the canal should extend across the south western peninsula of England to Exeter, however with the spread of the railways such plans became uneconomic.
Bridgwater and West Somerset (UK Parliament constituency) Bridgwater and West Somerset will be a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It will elect one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election.

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