Bar and Delay

Bar

Bar noun - Something that makes movement or progress difficult.

Usage example: the complication of the molecule is the biggest bar to reproducing it

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Delay and bar are semantically related In some cases you can use "Delay" instead the word "Bar" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Word: barroom

Delay noun - An instance or period of being prevented from going about one's business.

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Bar and delay are semantically related in cause stop in action topic. Sometimes you can use "Bar" instead the word "Delay" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: delayed, delaying, delayer

high	high bar	high delay
low	low bar	low delay
long	long bar	long delay
similar	similar bar	similar delay
Other adjectives: normal, usual, light, small, actual, massive, large, huge, little, black, extra.

If the bartender complains, they tear up the bar while cohorts in crime delay the police.

Source: Professional Slacker
Planetes features a phone on a lunar colony with a Windows-esque progress bar on a video screen that gives the delay between messages between the Moon and Earth (about a second and a half)

Source: Subspace Ansible
Of course this is not a real progress bar but a fixed delay disguised as one.

Source: Exact Progress Bar

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