Bridge (disambiguation)
Appearance
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A bridge is a structure built so that a transportation route can cross above an obstacle.
Bridge can also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Bridge (City of London ward), a ward in the City of London, England
- Bridge (Redbridge ward), a ward for Redbridge London Borough Council, Greater London, England
- Bridge, Kent, in Kent, England
- Bridge, Oregon, in Oregon, US
- Bridge Ward, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
- Bridge of Allan, a number of places in Scotland
- Bridge River, a river in British Columbia, Canada
- Bridge River Cones, a group of volcanoes in British Columbia, Canada
People
[edit]- Bridge (surname)
- Bridge (musician) - an American singer, songwriter and producer
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]Card games
[edit]- Bridge whist or straight bridge, derived from whist
- Auction bridge, a further derivation popular in the early 20th century
- Contract bridge, the modern form of the game
- Two main variants:
- Duplicate bridge, in which the same set of deals are played by all competitors
- Rubber bridge, the basic game, where two partnerships play until one has won two games, called a rubber
- Additional variants:
- Chicago (bridge card game), which is played similarly to rubber bridge but a session is limited to four deals
- Singaporean bridge, a re-invention of the game with very different rules
- Two main variants:
Films
[edit]- Bridge (1949 film), a Chinese film
- Die Brücke (film) (The Bridge), a 1959 German film
- The Bridge (1969 film), a Yugoslav film
- Bridge (1988 film), a USA–USSR film
- The Bridge (Scandinavian TV series) (2011– ), Danish/Swedish production crime drama
- The Bridge on the River Kwai, a 1957 British-American adventure war film
Literature
[edit]- The Bridge (long poem), a 1930 long poem by Hart Crane
- The Bridge (short story), a 1931 short story by Franz Kafka
- The Bridge (novel), a 1986 science fiction novel by Iain Banks
- The Bridge, a 1986 fantasy novel by Jeri Massi
- The Bridge, a 1973 horror novel by John Skipp and Craig Spector
- The Bridge, a 2001 novel by Doug Marlette
- The Bridge, a 2003 mystery novel by Solomon Jones
- The Bridge, a 2012 romance novel by Karen Kingsbury
- Bridge, a 2014 novel by Patrick Jones
Music
[edit]- Bridge (Blues Traveler album)
- Bridge (Joey Cape album), 2008
- Bridge (Speed album)
- Bridge, a Japanese-language album by Hound Dog
- Red House Painters (Bridge), the third album by Red House Painters, often referred to as the Bridge album
Songs
[edit]- "Bridge" (song), a song by Queensrÿche
- "Bridge Over Troubled Water", a hit song
Other music
[edit]- Bridge (music), an interlude that connects two parts of a song
- Bridge Records, Inc., a record label
Musical instruments
[edit]- Bridge (instrument), the device that anchors the strings to or holds the strings above the body of a stringed instrument
- 3rd bridge, an additional bridge added to a stringed instrument
Other arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Bridge Carson, a Power Rangers character
- Bridge (studio), a Japanese animation studio
- W281BE, a radio station licensed to Fort Mill, South Carolina, United States called 104.1 the Bridge
Electronics, engineering, and technology
[edit]- Bridge, in clock- and watchmaking, a component in an ébauche
- Adobe Bridge, digital asset management software
- Bridge camera, generally considered to fill the niche between single-lens reflex (SLR) and compact point-and-shoot cameras
- Bridge circuit
- Bridge rectifier, an electronic circuit for converting alternating current to direct current
- H-bridge, an electronic circuit which enables DC electric motors to be run forwards or backwards
- Wheatstone bridge, an electronic circuit for comparing resistors, capacitors or inductors to high standards of accuracy
- Bridge pattern, a computer science design used to separate an abstraction and its actual implementation
- Bridging (networking), the action taken by IT network equipment to allow two or more communication networks to create an amalgamated network
- Northbridge (computing) and Southbridge (computing): two chips in the core logic chipset architecture on a PC motherboard
- Protocol bridge, an electronics device or piece of software that translates from one communications protocol or programming API to another
Fitness and sports
[edit]- Bridge (exercise), most commonly, the balancing of the body on the head and feet
- Bridge (grappling), in wrestling, a move intended to dislodge an opponent in top control
- Mechanical bridge, a piece of cue sports equipment
Healthcare
[edit]- Bridge (dentistry), a fixed prosthesis used to replace missing teeth
- Myocardial bridge, a heart defect
Mathematics
[edit]- Bridge (graph theory), an edge whose removal disconnects a graph; also other meanings
- Brownian bridge, in probability theory, the conditional distribution of a process pinned both at the origin and at the end point
Science
[edit]- Bridge (chemical), an unbranched chain of atoms or an atom or a covalent bond connecting two bridgeheads in a polycyclic compound
- A bridging ligand in inorganic chemicals
- A disulfide bridge found in proteins
- 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
- Salt bridge, in chemistry, a laboratory device used to connect the oxidation and reduction half-cells of a galvanic cell (electrochemical cell)
- British Mid-Ocean Ridge Initiative
Maritime
[edit]- Bridge (nautical), the area of a ship from which it is commanded
- Bridge-class stores ship, a class of ship
- Bridge-class OBO carrier, a class of ship
- SS Empire Bridge or SS Bridge, an Empire ship
- USS Bridge, several United States Navy ships of the name
Other uses
[edit]- Bridge (hill), a classification of British hills
- Bridge (interpersonal), in social networks, a relationship that acts as a communication channel between different groups
- Bridge loan, a short-term loan to cover a gap in time until a new long-term financing is realised
- Bridge program (higher education), a higher education program
- Natural bridge, a rock formation where an arch has formed with an opening underneath
- Suicide bridge, a bridge used frequently to die by suicide