Psi vs. Bar

Psi vs. Bar — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Psi and Bar

Psinoun

(countable) The twenty-third letter of Classical and Modern Greek and the twenty-fifth letter of Old and Ancient Greek.

Barnoun

A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length.

The window was protected by steel bars.

Psinoun

A form of psychic energy.

Barnoun

A solid metal object with uniform (round, square, hexagonal, octagonal or rectangular) cross-section; in the US its smallest dimension is .25 inch or greater, a piece of thinner material being called a strip.

Ancient Sparta used iron bars instead of handy coins in more valuable alloy, to physically discourage the use of money.We are expecting a carload of bar tomorrow.

Psinoun

a unit of pressure

Barnoun

A cuboid piece of any solid commodity.

bar of chocolatebar of soap
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Psinoun

the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet

Barnoun

A broad shaft, or band, or stripe.

a bar of lighta bar of colour

Barnoun

A long, narrow drawn or printed rectangle, cuboid or cylinder, especially as used in a bar code or a bar chart.

Barnoun

(typography) Various lines used as punctuation or diacritics, such as the pipe ⟨{{!}}⟩, fraction bar (as in 12), and strikethrough (as in Ⱥ), formerly inclusive of oblique marks such as the slash.

Barnoun

(mathematics) The sign indicating that the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, conventionally placed above the digit(s) to show that it applies to the characteristic only and not to the mantissa.

Barnoun

(physics) A similar sign indicating that the charge on a particle is negative (and that consequently the particle is in fact an antiparticle).

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Barnoun

A business licensed to sell alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises, or the premises themselves; public house.

The street was lined with all-night bars.

Barnoun

The counter of such a premises.

Step up to the bar and order a drink.

Barnoun

A counter, or simply a cabinet, from which alcoholic drinks are served in a private house or a hotel room.

Barnoun

, juice bar etc.}} A premises or counter serving any type of beverage.

Barnoun

An establishment where alcohol and sometimes other refreshments are served.

Barnoun

An informal establishment selling food to be consumed on the premises.

a burger bara local fish bar

Barnoun

An official order or pronouncement that prohibits some activity.

The club has lifted its bar on women members.

Barnoun

Anything that obstructs, hinders, or prevents; an obstruction; a barrier.

Barnoun

}} A metasyntactic variable representing an unspecified entity, often the second in a series, following foo.

Suppose we have two objects, foo and bar.

Barnoun

A dividing line (physical or notional) in the chamber of a legislature beyond which only members and officials may pass.

Barnoun

The railing surrounding the part of a courtroom in which the judges, lawyers, defendants and witnesses stay

Barnoun

"the Bar" or "the bar" The bar exam, the legal licensing exam.

He's studying hard to pass the Bar this time; he's failed it twice before.

Barnoun

A collective term for lawyers or the legal profession; specifically applied to barristers in some countries but including all lawyers in others.

He was called to the bar, he became a barrister.

Barnoun

(telecommunications) A bar-shaped symbol that denotes levels of reception, or reception itself.

I don't have any bars in the middle of this desert.

Barnoun

(music) A vertical line across a musical staff dividing written music into sections, typically of equal durational value.

Barnoun

(music) One of those musical sections.

Barnoun

(sports) A horizontal pole that must be crossed in high jump and pole vault

Barnoun

(metaphorical) Any level of achievement regarded as a challenge to be overcome.

Barnoun

The crossbar.

Barnoun

(backgammon) The central divider between the inner and outer table of a backgammon board, where stones are placed if they are hit.

Barnoun

An addition to a military medal, on account of a subsequent act

Barnoun

A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water.

Barnoun

A ridge or succession of ridges of sand or other substance, especially a formation extending across the mouth of a river or harbor or off a beach, and which may obstruct navigation. (FM 55-501).

Barnoun

(heraldry) One of the ordinaries in heraldry; a fess.

Barnoun

A city gate, in some British place names.

Potter's Bar

Barnoun

(mining) A drilling or tamping rod.

Barnoun

(mining) A vein or dike crossing a lode.

Barnoun

(architecture) A gatehouse of a castle or fortified town.

Barnoun

(farriery) The part of the crust of a horse's hoof which is bent inwards towards the frog at the heel on each side, and extends into the centre of the sole.

Barnoun

The space between the tusks and grinders in the upper jaw of a horse, in which the bit is placed.

Barnoun

A non-SI unit of pressure equal to 100,000 pascals, approximately equal to atmospheric pressure at sea level.

Barverb

(transitive) To obstruct the passage of (someone or something).

Our way was barred by a huge rockfall.

Barverb

(transitive) To prohibit.

I couldn't get into the nightclub because I had been barred.

Barverb

(transitive) To lock or bolt with a bar.

bar the door

Barverb

To imprint or paint with bars, to stripe.

Barpreposition

Except, other than, besides.

He invited everyone to his wedding bar his ex-wife.

Barpreposition

(horse racing) Denotes the minimum odds offered on other horses not mentioned by name.

Leg At Each Corner is at 3/1, Lost My Shirt 5/1, and it's 10/1 bar.

Barnoun

a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter;

he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar

Barnoun

a counter where you can obtain food or drink;

he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar

Barnoun

a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon;

there were bars in the windows to prevent escape

Barnoun

musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats;

the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song

Barnoun

an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal;

it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar

Barnoun

the act of preventing;

there was no bar against leavingmoney was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza

Barnoun

(meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter;

unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter

Barnoun

a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore;

the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river

Barnoun

the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction;

he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey

Barnoun

a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax);

a bar of chocolate

Barnoun

a portable .30 caliber magazine-fed automatic rifle operated by gas pressure; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

Barnoun

a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

Barnoun

a heating element in an electric fire;

an electric fire with three bars

Barnoun

(law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried;

spectators were not allowed past the bar

Barverb

prevent from entering; keep out;

He was barred from membership in the club

Barverb

render unsuitable for passage;

block the waybarricade the streetsstop the busy road

Barverb

expel, as if by official decree;

he was banished from his own country

Barverb

secure with, or as if with, bars;

He barred the door