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barrier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | roadblock |
| Type of | obstruction, obstacle |
| Has types | color barrier, ideological barrier, language barrier |
intolerance is a barrier to understanding.
barrier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | mechanism |
| Has types | bar, blood-brain barrier, curtain |
barrier::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | obstructor, obstructer, impediment, impedimenta, obstruction |
| Has types | fencing, fender, grate, grating, groin, groyne, handrail, hurdle, jetty, mole, movable barrier, rail, railing, revetment, roadblock, seawall, starting gate, starting stall, balusters, wing, balustrade, banister, bannister, barricade, breakwater, bulwark, crash barrier, dam, dike, dyke, fence |
Examples of barrier
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On the other side are women who argue that gender is still a barrier to success.
From the businessweek.com
A few minutes later, we come across a road-sign barrier bent across the highway.
From the time.com
Once you break that barrier and they can trust you, then everything breaks down.
From the forbes.com
Green Moon has drawn out wide in barrier 17, Southern Speed will jump from four.
From the theaustralian.com.au
American automakers said the old rule operated as a non-tariff barrier to trade.
From the freep.com
The diffraction patterns resemble water waves coming through slits in a barrier.
From the sciencedaily.com
I have been playing well lately but there is a large mental barrier to overcome.
From the independent.co.uk
It said they have no excuse not to join now that the barrier of fear has fallen.
From the bbc.co.uk
You're up against the wall, which is a barrier in Monaco, so it is very similar.
From the guardian.co.uk
- A structure or object that impedes free movement
- Any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"
- Anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access
- In parallel computing, a barrier is a type of synchronization method. A barrier for a group of threads or processes in the source code means any thread/process must stop at this point and cannot proceed until all other threads/processes reach this barrier.
- A barrier isolator, or simply an isolator, is a device that provides a physical barrier between a laboratory technician and a work process. ...
- Barrier is a maze arcade game using vector graphics released by Vectorbeam in 1979. In this very basic game, players move a small triangle around on the grid, while attempting to avoid the diamonds that are also moving around on the grid. ...
- The Barrier is a spectacular lava dam retaining the Garibaldi Lake system in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It is over 300 m (1,000 ft) in thickness and about 2 km (1.2 mi) wide where it impounds the lake.
- The Barrier is a shield volcano located in Kenya. It is known to have last erupted in 1921.
- Barriers is a British children's television series made by Tyne Tees Television for ITV between 1981 and 1982.
