Bridges are very useful!
The term bridge is extremely versatile and has many definitions. It is a noun, verb, and quite a useful object! The most common use of the word bridge refers to a structure that passes over a road or river making travel more possible. To bridge is to facilitate action.
From the beginning of time bridges were built out of necessity and instinctively, long before they had a name – out of necessity at first and later they developed further in a quest to find more convenient travel routes.
Although materials have changed over the millennia, there are only five different types of bridges that exist: Arch Bridges, Girder Bridges, Suspension Bridges, Cable Bridges, and bridges for Stringed Instruments.
Ancient Romans built arch bridges to carry water to their cities. They called these Aqueducts. Bridges are fantastic examples of Weight in Motion!
The control center of a ship or aircraft is called the Bridge. Bridges also can be raised walkways, which allows unobstructed passage to pedestrians.
Literally, a bridge is a connection or path. When you bridge something, you make a connection over an obstacle between things. This expression is used when speaking about learning. When knowledge is successfully registered, you have bridged the gap of information needed to learn more advanced concepts. This bridge is the path to improved results.
The upper ridge of your nose is called the bridge of the nose. The area that connects two lenses in a pair of eyeglasses is called the bridge. Dentists prepare artificial bridges for people who have a missing tooth. This bridge allows nearby, healthy teeth to help support a replacement piece, helping in improving overall teeth functioning.
In literature, theatre and music, a bridge passage is a transitional section used for a scene change, mood change or to connect different sections.
Many composers introduce composition elements in their music during a bridge section, serving as foreshadowing of musical ideas that are to follow. Bridge passages make musical transitions possible!
In the game of pool, the positioning of your hand in order to guide and support the stick is called your bridge. When a ball is too far away for you to set-up your hand bridge properly, you use a grooved piece of wood that is attached to a long-handled stick, making the shot more possible, also called a Bridge!
And finally, the definition we all have been waiting for: a Stringed Instrument Bridge is a hard piece of wood used to support the strings, raising them above the body of the instrument, enabling them to vibrate freely. It is a larger version of the String Nut, about which you already have a mental-file folder.
The bridge serves to transfer sound from the strings to the instrument, initiating the successful process of producing sounds.
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