Bar and Measures

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Bar noun - A straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide.

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Measures and bar are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Measures" with "Bar", this nouns are similar.

Nearby Word: barroom

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Bar and measures are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Bar" instead a noun "Measures".

This is mostly because musicians rely on bar lines as a visual navigation aid; very large measures are easy to get lost in (and hard to fit on a single piece of paper!).

Source: Uncommon Time
There is a separate bar that measures how much Joy you have in you.

Source: Video Game / We Happy Few
The most obvious departure from the old 90's formula was the fact that almost all the music was sung in the background, as opposed to being sung by the characters (bar a few measures of "You'll Be in My Heart" sung by Kala near the beginning, and "Trashin' the Camp").

Source: Later Installment Weirdness

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