Definitions for barrier
ˈbær i ərbar·ri·er

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.4 / 11 votes

1. barriernoun

   a structure or object that impedes free movement

2. barrier, roadblocknoun

   any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective

   "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"

3. barriernoun

   anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 6 votes

1. barriernoun

   A structure that bars passage.

2. barriernoun

   An obstacle or impediment.

3. barriernoun

   A boundary or limit.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Barriernoun

   Etymology: barriere, Fr.

   1. A barricade; an entrenchment.

   Safe in the love of heav’n an ocean flows
   Around our realm, a barrier from the foes. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.

   2. A fortification, or strong place, as on the frontiers of a country.

   The queen is under the obligation of being guarantee of the Dutch having possession of the said barrier, and the revenues thereof, before a peace. Jonathan Swift.

   3. A stop; an obstruction.

   If you value yourself as a man of learning, you are building a most unpassable barrier against all improvement. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   4. A bar to mark the limits of any place.

   For justs, and tourneys, and barriers, the glories of them are chiefly in the chariots, wherein the challengers make their entries. Francis Bacon, Essays.

   Pris’ners to the pillar bound,
   At either barrier plac’d; nor, captives made,
   Be freed, or arm’d anew. John Dryden, Fables.

   5. A boundary.

   But wave whate’er to Cadmus may belong,
   And fix, O muse, the barrier of thy song,
   At Oedipus. Alexander Pope, Statius.

   How instinct varies in the groveling swine,
   Compar’d, half reas’ning elephant! with thine:
   ’Twixt that and reason, what a nice barrier!
   For ever sep’rate, yet for ever near. Alexander Pope, Essay on Man.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. barrier

   A barrier is a physical or symbolic structure or obstacle that restricts or prevents movement or access. This could include both tangible barriers like walls and fences, and intangible barriers such as social conditions or regulations. It can also refer to anything that prevents progress or achievement.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Barriernoun

   a carpentry obstruction, stockade, or other obstacle made in a passage in order to stop an enemy

2. Barriernoun

   a fortress or fortified town, on the frontier of a country, commanding an avenue of approach

3. Barriernoun

   a fence or railing to mark the limits of a place, or to keep back a crowd

4. Barriernoun

   an any obstruction; anything which hinders approach or attack

5. Barriernoun

   any limit or boundary; a line of separation

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Barrier

   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. Many collective routines and directive-based parallel languages impose implicit barriers. For example, a parallel do loop in Fortran with OpenMP will not be allowed to continue on any thread until the last iteration is completed. This is in case the program relies on the result of the loop immediately after its completion. In message passing, any global communication may imply a barrier. Classic barrier constructs define the set of participating processes/threads statically. This is usually done either at program startup or when a barrier like the Pthreads barrier is instantiated. This restricts the possible applications for which barriers can be used. To support more dynamic programming paradigms like fork/join parallelism, the sets of participants have to be dynamic. Thus, the set of processes/threads participating in a barrier operation needs to be able to change over time. X10 introduced the concept of clocks for that purpose, which provide a dynamic barrier semantic. Building on clocks, phasers have been proposed to add even more flexibility to barrier synchronization. With phasers it is possible to express data dependencies between the participating processes explicitly to avoid unnecessary over-synchronization.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Barrier

   bar′i-ėr, n. a defence against attack: a limit or boundary: a fence, railing, gate where customs are collected: the lists in a tournament: any obstacle that keeps apart: (pl.) a martial exercise in 15th and 16th centuries.—v.t. to shut by means of a barrier.—n. Bar′rier-reef, a coral-reef surrounding an island or fringing a coast with a navigable channel inside.—Barrier Act, an act passed by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1697 as a security against innovations, decreeing that changes in the law of the Church, even when approved by the Assembly, shall not become law till approved also by a majority of presbyteries. [O. Fr. barrière—Low L. barraria—barra, bar.]

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. barrier

   A coordinated series of obstacles designed or employed to channel, direct, restrict, delay, or stop the movement of an opposing force and to impose additional losses in personnel, time, and equipment on the opposing force. Barriers can exist naturally, be man-made, or a combination of both.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. barrier

   In a general sense means any fortification or strong place on the frontiers of a country. It is likewise a kind of fence composed of stakes and transoms, as over-thwart rafters, erected to defend the entrance of a passage, retrenchment, or the like. In the middle of the barrier is a movable bar of wood, which is opened or shut at pleasure. It also implies a gate made of wooden bars, about 5 feet long, perpendicular to the horizon, and kept together by two long bars going across and another crossing diagonally. Barriers are used to stop the cut made through the esplanade before the gate of a town.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. BARRIER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Barrier is ranked #10657 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Barrier surname appeared 3,002 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Barrier.
   
   88.1% or 2,646 total occurrences were White.
   6.9% or 207 total occurrences were Black.
   2.3% or 71 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   1.8% or 56 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   0.3% or 11 total occurrences were Asian.
   0.3% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Matched Categories

1. • Mechanism
   • Obstacle
   • Obstruction

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'barrier' in Nouns Frequency: #1373

How to pronounce barrier?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say barrier in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of barrier in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of barrier in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of barrier in a Sentence

1. Johnnie Moore:

   It is written to ensure that people of all faiths will have equal access, people in the Trump administration really do have a conviction that private charities, churches and other faith-based groups do really effective work and we ought to be doing everything in our power to reduce the barrier to entry so they can participate in government programs.

2. Chelsea Wolfe:

   The veil was a childlike way for me to feel like there was some sort of barrier between the audience and I when I first started playing shows, i wanted to hide. It helped, but I also wanted to overcome that and push myself to be a stronger person and performer.

3. Rob Chilcott:

   The skin is not a perfect barrier and so absorption of small amounts of chemicals from sunscreens( and indeed other skin care products such as cosmetics) is to be expected, this does not mean that sunscreen products are unsafe to use, but that appropriate safety tests need to be performed by manufacturers.

4. Michelle Seagull:

   It’s just a place people are more comfortable with to be able to pick up a product, if you have to go to the doctor, you have to make an appointment, there’s that added barrier to do it. There’s a lot more pharmacists available than doctors’ offices. This is a product maybe people don’t need for themselves so they may not even need the doctor.

5. Edmund Shing:

   Before becoming positive on the sector, I would like to see them making efforts to improve productivity, adopt technologies like softwares to optimize logistics networks, cut labor costs and have a sustainable dividend policy, it's a very competitive market, growth prospects are limited and the barrier to entry is not very high. The danger for the market is that Amazon might replicate its experiment across Europe and other online companies such as eBay also launch their own delivery services to cut costs.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=barrier
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Barrier
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=barrier
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/barrier
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=barrier
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=barrier
8. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf
9. ^ Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/59563/pg59563-images.html
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html