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Etymology

From Middle English barryer, barrere, barryȝer, from Old French barriere (compare French barrière), from Old French barre (“bar”).

derived from barre — “bar”
derived from barriere
inherited from barryer

Definitions

1
A structure that bars passage.
- The bus went through a railway barrier and was hit by a train.
- The bomber had passed through one checkpoint before blowing himself up at a second barrier.
2
An obstacle or impediment.
- Even a small fee can be a barrier for some students.
3
A boundary or limit.
- Few marathon runners break the three-hour time barrier.
- The downside of normalization is that it erects a defensive barrier between the real world and the perceived i.e. normalized world.
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1. A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B…
  A node (in government and binding theory) said to intervene between other nodes A and B if it is a potential governor for B, c-commands B, and does not c-command A.
2. A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of…
  A separation between two areas of the body where specialized cells allow the entry of certain substances but prevent the entry of others.
3. The lists in a tournament.
4. A martial exercise of the 15th and 16th centuries.
5. To block or obstruct with a barrier.
6. A surname from French.

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Derived

acoustic barrier, allobarrier, automatic half-barrier level crossing, barrier board, barrier cream, barrier island, barrier lake, barrierless, barrierlike, barrier method, barrier nursing, barrier reef, barrier ridge, barrier rogue, barrier to entry, barrier to trade, barrier troops, barristor, biobarrier, blood-brain barrier, boom barrier, color barrier, Coulomb barrier, crash barrier, crowd control barrier, crush barrier, cyberbarrier, death barrier, diffusion-barrier, Einstein barrier, Great Barrier Island, Great Barrier Reef, half-barrier, heat barrier, hematoencephalic barrier, ice barrier, immunobarrier, Jersey barrier, language barrier, light barrier · +28 more

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A definitional loop anchored at barrier. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at barrier. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at barrier

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