bar line

See also: barline

English

Alternative forms

• barline

Noun

the bar line

bar line (plural bar lines)

1. (music) A vertical line in musical notation used to separate two bars or measures.
2. (journalism) Synonym of crossline (“type of headline”)

Synonyms

• (music): bar (US)

Translations

vertical line across a staff

• Bulgarian: тактова черта (taktova čerta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小節線／小节线 (zh) (xiaǒjíexiàn), 小节线 (zh) (xiaǒjíexiàn)

• Dutch: maatstreep (nl) f
• Finnish: tahtiviiva (fi)
• French: barre de mesure (fr) f
• German: Taktstrich (de) m
• Greek: διαστολή (el) f (diastolí)
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• Icelandic: taktstrik n
• Italian: sbarretta f
• Maori: tapa, paetapa
• Persian: خط میزان (fa) (xatt-e mizân)
• Portuguese: barra de compasso f
• Russian: та́ктовая черта́ f (táktovaja čertá), такт (ru) m (takt)
• Spanish: barra de compás
• Swedish: taktstreck n

See also

• double bar line
• dotted bar line

Anagrams

• Linear B