Bridge (disambiguation)

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Bridge may mean:

• Bridge (structure), a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle.
• The Bridge (documentary film), a film about suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge.
• Bridge (dentistry), a fixed prosthesis used to replace missing teeth.
• Bridge (exercise), most commonly the balancing of the body on the head and feet.
• Bridge (graph theory), an edge whose removal disconnects a graph.
• Bridge (grappling), a move intended to dislodge an opponent in top control.
• Bridge (prosody), a point in a line of poetry where a break in a word-unit cannot occur.
• Bridge (ship), from which a ship is commanded.
  • Main Bridge (Star Trek), the control center of Starfleet vessels in the Star Trek universe.
• Contract bridge, the modern card game; see Bridge (card game disambiguation) for other card games that "Bridge" may refer to.
• Bridge loan, a short-term loan to cover a gap in time until a new long-term financing is realised.
• Adobe Bridge, a program included with the Adobe Creative Suite to link the other programs together
• Hashiwokakero, meaning "build bridges", a Japanese puzzle.
• "bridge the gap": a phrase meaning to connect different things or ideas
• Bridge Records, Inc., a record label
• Bridge digital cameras or "prosumer" digital cameras are high-end live-preview digital cameras

In chemistry:

• Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic compound.
• A Salt bridge, in chemistry, is a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell)
• Salt bridge (protein) (or salt bond), in protein chemistry, is the term used to denote chemical bonds between positively and negatively charged side-chains of proteins.

In electronics:

• Bridge rectifier, an electronic circuit for converting alternating current to direct current.
• Wheatstone bridge, an electronic circuit for comparing resistors, capacitors or inductors to high standards of accuracy.

In music:

• Bridge (instrument), the device that anchors the strings to or holds the strings above the body of a string instrument, such as a violin or guitar.
• Bridge (music), an interlude that connects two parts of song.

In computers:

• Bridge pattern, a computer science design used to separate an abstraction and its actual implementation.
• Network bridge, an electronic device used to connect two computer or telephone network segments.

[edit] People

• People named Bridge, from List of people by name.
• Bridge Carson, a fictional character.

[edit] Places with the name Bridge

• Bridge, Kent, a place in Kent, England.
• Scotland has many place names in the style of Bridge of Allan.