Construction

• Building of bridge
  Bridge
  A bridge is a structure built to span physical obstacles such as a body of water, valley, or road, for the purpose of providing passage over the obstacle...
  
  s across a gap
• Cross braces used between joists to stabilize them.

Electronics

• In electronics, using a low source impedance to drive a large load impedance for maximum voltage transfer, called impedance bridging
  Impedance bridging
  In electronics, especially audio and sound recording, a high impedance bridging, voltage bridging, or simply bridging connection is one which maximizes transfer of a voltage signal to the load...
  
  
• In electronics, a method of connecting a load to two amplifiers to increase available voltage, called a bridged amplifier
• Bridging (networking)
  Bridging (networking)
  Bridging is a forwarding technique used in packet-switched computer networks. Unlike routing, bridging makes no assumptions about where in a network a particular address is located. Instead, it depends on flooding and examination of source addresses in received packet headers to locate unknown...
  
  , a packet forwarding technique used in computer networks
• In electronic assembly, a solder bridge is an (unintended) electrical connection between two conductors by means of a small blob of solder. PCB's use solder mask
  Solder mask
  Solder mask or solder resist is a lacquer-like layer of polymer that provides a permanent protective coating for the copper traces of a printed circuit board and prevents solder from bridging between conductors, thereby preventing short circuits. Solder mask was created primarily to facilitate...
  
  s to prevent this from happening.

Transport

• The procedure by which oil products such as diesel or petrol are moved ("bridged") by road tanker from one oil depot
  Oil depot
  An oil depot is an industrial facility for the storage of oil and/or petrochemical products and from which these products are usually transported to end users or further storage facilities...
  
   to another.
• Using a transport ship to move infantry or armor across bodies of water in one turn in the board game Axis and Allies
  Axis and Allies
  Axis & Allies is a popular series of World War II strategy board games, with nearly two million copies printed. Originally designed by Larry Harris and published by Nova Game Designs in 1981, the game was republished by the Milton Bradley Company in 1984 as part of the Gamemaster Series of board...
  
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Medicine

• The binding of an antigen
  Antigen
  An antigen is a foreign molecule that, when introduced into the body, triggers the production of an antibody by the immune system. The immune system will then kill or neutralize the antigen that is recognized as a foreign and potentially harmful invader. These invaders can be molecules such as...
  
   molecule by two IgE
  Immunoglobulin E
  Immunoglobulin E is a class of antibody that has been found only in mammals. IgE is a monomeric antibody with 4 Ig-like domains...
  
   antibodies
  Antibody
  An antibody, also known as an immunoglobulin, is a large Y-shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as bacteria and viruses. The antibody recognizes a unique part of the foreign target, termed an antigen...
  
   bound to a mast cell
  Mast cell
  A mast cell is a resident cell of several types of tissues and contains many granules rich in histamine and heparin...
  
   or basophil granulocyte
  Basophil granulocyte
  Basophil granulocytes, sometimes referred to as basophils, are the least common of the granulocytes, representing about 0.01% to 0.3% of circulating white blood cells....
  
  , leading to degranulation
  Degranulation
  Degranulation is a cellular process that releases antimicrobial cytotoxic molecules from secretory vesicles called granules found inside some cells...
  
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Education

• The bridging between international training and a country's requisites through a bridge program (higher education)
  Bridge program (higher education)
  A Bridge program is a higher education program specifically designed to assist a student with an attained initial educational level to attend college courses and achieve a terminal degree in the same field of study and in less time than an entry-level student would require...
  
  

Sport

• Bridge (exercise)
  Bridge (exercise)
  Bridge is an exercise. Many variations of this exercise are employed throughout the world, most commonly the balancing of the body on the head and feet. Hands are occasionally used instead of or along with the head. It is effective in improving lower back strength...
  
  
• In grappling
  Grappling
  Grappling refers to techniques, maneuvers, and counters applied to an opponent in order to gain a physical advantage, such as improving relative position, escaping, submitting, or injury to the opponent. Grappling is a general term that covers techniques used in many disciplines, styles and martial...
  
  , the technique of pushing the hips upwards to offbalance a top opponent, for instance by trying to escape the mount
  Mount (grappling)
  The mount, or mounted position, is a dominant ground grappling position, where one combatant sits on the other combatants torso with the face pointing towards the opponent's head. This is very favourable for the top combatant in several ways...
  
  .
• Supporting the cue stick
  Cue stick
  A cue stick , is an item of sporting equipment essential to the games of pool, snooker and carom billiards. It is used to strike a ball, usually the...
  
   near its tip for a shot in billiards
  Billiards
  Cue sports , also known as billiard sports, are a wide variety of games of skill generally played with a cue stick which is used to strike billiard balls, moving them around a cloth-covered billiards table bounded by rubber .Historically, the umbrella term was billiards...
  
   either by hand or sometimes with the help of a mechanical bridge.
• A climbing technique
  Climbing technique
  A climbing technique is any type or combination of body posture, movement, or hold used in climbing. In this article, several different climbing techniques are listed, and briefly described.-Bridging, or stemming:...
  
  , used for climbing corners.
• In basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  , the act of trying to box out an airborn opponent (while shooting or rebounding, for example), getting under the opponents legs, and causing them to become unbalanced & topple to the ground.
• In bench pressing, the technique of pushing the hips upward to gain a mechanical advantage allowing for favorable angling and synergy among the pectorals, deltoids, and triceps to press the weight upward while decreasing the distance the bar must travel to complete the lift.

Others

• A technique used in animal training
  Animal training
  Animal training refers to teaching animals specific responses to specific conditions or stimuli. Training may be for the purpose of companionship, detection, protection, entertainment or all of the above....
  
  
• A compaction of material at the base of a storage silo
  Storage silo
  A silo is a structure for storing bulk materials. Silos are used in agriculture to store grain or fermented feed known as silage. Silos are more commonly used for bulk storage of grain, coal, cement, carbon black, woodchips, food products and sawdust. Three types of silos are in widespread use...
  
   which can interfere with the flow of the silo contents.
• In Unitarian Universalist
  Unitarian Universalism
  Unitarian Universalism is a religion characterized by support for a "free and responsible search for truth and meaning". Unitarian Universalists do not share a creed; rather, they are unified by their shared search for spiritual growth and by the understanding that an individual's theology is a...
  
   communities, the passing from one age range and its group(s), on into another age range and the group(s) for those occupying it.
• In Girl Scouts of the USA
  Girl Scouts of the USA
  The Girl Scouts of the United States of America is a youth organization for girls in the United States and American girls living abroad. It describes itself as "the world's preeminent organization dedicated solely to girls". It was founded by Juliette Gordon Low in 1912 and was organized after Low...
  
  , the move from one age grouping to another (Brownies to Juniors to Cadettes to Seniors) and completion of specific requirements.