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barrer

barrer noun: one who or that which bars.

Noun (1)

barrer (plural barrers)

  1. One who or that which bars.
    • The worst merely bars some exceptions without looking at the proof at all. Hence the mystification when we have the proof on the one hand and the exceptions on the other. In the mind of such primitive exception-barrers, the proof and the exceptions exist in two completely separate compartments.1976, Imre Lakatos, John Worrall, Elie Zahar, Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery

Noun (2)

barrer (plural barrers)

  1. A non-SI unit of gas permeability.

Proper noun capitalized: Barrer

Barrer

  1. A surname

Forms of barrer

pluralbarrers

Origin of barrer

From bar + -er.

Named after New Zealand-born chemist Richard Barrer.

Questions about barrer

What does barrer mean?
Barrer means one who or that which bars.
What part of speech is barrer?
Barrer can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of barrer?
The plural of barrer is barrers.

Words near barrer in the dictionary

  1. barrens chytonixes
  2. Barrentine
  3. Barrentines
  4. barrenwort
  5. barrenworts
  6. barrer
  7. Barrera
  8. barrerite
  9. Barrero
  10. Barreros
  11. barrers

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