physical barrier

collocation in English

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physical
adjective
uk
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˈfɪz.ɪ.kəl/
relating to ...
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barrier
noun[C]
uk
/ˈbær.i.ər/us
/ˈber.i.ɚ/
a long pole, fence, wall, or natural feature, such as a mountain or sea, that stops people from ...
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(Definition ofphysicalandbarrierfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofphysical barrier

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This is thought to be mainly a result of the integrity of the nuclear membrane providing aphysicalbarrierto entry.
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In some seeds, specialized tissues provide aphysicalbarrierto protect against pathogenic attack.
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This accumulation of parasites indicates that the venule wall presents aphysicalbarrierto further migration.
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The microthrix border may act as aphysicalbarrierto cell penetration.
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Thephysicalbarrierproperties of healthy growing follicles can be evaluated by measuring the penetration of plasma proteins in the antrum as a function of their concentration in blood.
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Although very different from their audience in appearance, action, specialized skills, and speech, no stage lighting orphysicalbarrieris likely to separate these two participants in a theatrical event.
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Hard security mechanisms have a common characteristic: they provide security through establishing some figurativephysicalbarrier.
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A right of access to goods or services where there is nophysicalbarrieror safety risk.
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With completion, it will break an age-old psychological barrier, along with overcoming aphysicalbarrier.
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We would not envisage erecting a formidablephysicalbarrier: simply a line of rope to define the limits of access.
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Then, if such development takes place there is nophysicalbarrierto restoring the services in the future.
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Nevertheless, the new entrance hall and the new corridor, so to call it, should do a good deal to overcome thephysicalbarrier.
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From 2004, where there is still aphysicalbarrierto service, service providers will have to take reasonable steps to remove, alter or avoid it.
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Of course, a child could duck under the strap, but such a restraint produces the psychological effect of aphysicalbarrier.
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When they move on, we propose to provide aphysicalbarrierto prevent others occupying the site.
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It is aphysicalbarriersymbolising something that is metaphorically very important.
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We are not asking for handouts; we want a little help to overcome aphysicalbarrierthat acts as a great financial disincentive.
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From 2004, where there is aphysicalbarrierto service, service providers will have to take reasonable steps to remove, alter or avoid it.
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Nevertheless, there is nophysicalbarrierto travel between those two countries.
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What better way is there to encourage development than to remove aphysicalbarrierto that development taking place?
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