Bridge (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 In entertainment 2 In chemistry 3 In electronics 4 In computers 5 In music 6 In geography 7 People 8 Places with the name Bridge 9 See also

Bridge is often used to mean a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle.

Bridge can also mean:

• 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), the area from which a ship is commanded
• Bridge loan, a short-term loan to cover a gap in time until a new long-term financing is realised
• Bridge digital cameras are high-end live-preview digital cameras that have many DSLR features
• Bridge program, is a higher education program

[edit] In entertainment

• The Bridge (documentary film), a film about suicides on the Golden Gate Bridge
• Contract bridge, the modern card game
  • Duplicate bridge
  • see Bridge (card game disambiguation) for other card games that "Bridge" may refer to
• Bridge Records, Inc., a record label
• Hashiwokakero, meaning "build bridges", a Japanese puzzle

[edit] 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 physics, 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

[edit] In electronics

• bridge circuits such as:
  • Bridge rectifier, an bionic circuit for converting alternating current to direct current
  • Wheatstone bridge, an bionic circuit for comparing resistors, capacitors or inductors to high standards of accuracy
  • H-bridge, an electronic circuit which enables DC electric motors to be run sidewards or backwards.

[edit] In computers

• Adobe Bridge, a program included with the Adobe Creative Suite to link the other programs together
• 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
• Protocol bridge, an electronics device or piece of software that translates from one communications protocol or programming API to another

[edit] 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

[edit] In geography

• Bridge River, a river in British Columbia, Canada
• Bridge River Cones, a group of volcanoes in British Columbia, Canada

[edit] People

• Bridge Carson, a fictional character.
• Frank Bridge, an English composer.

[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

[edit] See also

• Bridge the gap
• The Bridge