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Contents 1 People 2 Places 3 Card games 4 Music 5 Science and mathematics 6 Engineering and technology 6.1 Electronics 7 Other uses 8 See also

A bridge is a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle.

Bridge can also refer to:

[edit] People

• Bridge Carson, fictional character
• Frank Bridge, English composer
• Wayne Bridge, footballer who plays for Manchester City

[edit] Places

• Bridge, Kent, in Kent, England
• Bridge, California, a former town in Fresno County
• Bridge River, a river in British Columbia, Canada
• Bridge River Cones, a group of volcanoes in British Columbia, Canada
• Bridge of Allan, a number of places in Scotland

[edit] Card games

• Bridge whist, the original game
  • Straight bridge, another name for bridge whist
• Auction bridge, the form of the card game popular from its derivation from whist and bridge whist in about 1903 until superseded by contract bridge beginning in 1926
• Contract bridge, the modern and most common form of bridge; derived from auction bridge primarily by means of changes to the scoring system
  • Rubber bridge, a form of contract bridge with a specific scoring methodology in which the objective is to be the first partnership to win two games—a rubber
• Duplicate bridge, a form of bridge in which the same set of hands are played by all competitors and the scoring is based upon their relative performance
• Singaporean bridge, a re-invention of the game with very different rules

[edit] Music

• Bridge (music), an interlude that connects two parts of song
• 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
  • 3rd bridge, an additional bridge added to a string instrument to produce overtones and a distinct timbre
• Bridge (Joey Cape album), Cape's first solo album, released in 2008
• Bridge Records, Inc., a record label

[edit] Science and mathematics

• Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic compound
  • 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
• Bridge (dentistry), a fixed prosthesis used to replace missing teeth
• Bridge (graph theory), an edge whose removal disconnects a graph
• Salt bridge, in chemistry, a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell)
• Myocardial bridge, a heart defect

[edit] Engineering and technology

• 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
• Bridge digital camera, a type of high-end live-preview digital camera that has many features of digital SLR cameras
• Bridge, in clock- and watchmaking, a component in an ébauche

[edit] Electronics

• Bridge circuit
  • 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
  • H-bridge, an electronic circuit which enables DC electric motors to be run forwards or backwards
• 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] Other uses

• Bridge (exercise), most commonly, the balancing of the body on the head and feet
• Bridge (film), a 1988 USA-USSR film
• Bridge (grappling), in wrestling, a move intended to dislodge an opponent in top control
• Bridge (interpersonal), in social networks, a relationship that acts as a communication channel between different groups
• Bridge (nautical), the area of a ship from which it is commanded
• Bridge (prosody), a point in a line of poetry where a break in a word-unit cannot occur
• Bridge loan, a short-term loan to cover a gap in time until a new long-term financing is realised
• Bridge program, a higher education program
• Hashiwokakero, meaning "build bridges", a Japanese puzzle

[edit] See also

• Bridge the gap
• Bridges
• The Bridge

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