An Etymological Dictionary of Astronomy and Astrophysics

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bridge
  پل  
pol (#)
Fr.: pont  

  1. An apparent structure of → gas or → stars linking one → galaxy to another, such as → Magellanic Bridge.

  2. Any one of a variety of → elctrical networks in which one branch connects two points of equal → potential and so carries no → current when the → circuit is suitably adjusted.

  3. In → graph theory, a simple → edge whose removal disconnects a → graph.

Etymology (EN): M.E. brigge, O.E. brycge, from P.Gmc. *brugjo (cf. Ger. Brücke), from PIE *bhru- “log, beam.”

Etymology (PE): Pol, Mid.Pers. puhl,, Av. pərətav- “bridge, passage.”