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# How to pronounce "bus bar" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/bʌsbær/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **bus·bar**

## Meaning & Usage

### NOUN
- An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.

### Example Sentences
- "The light bounced here on a textured bus bar, bounced off of the glass more or less around here halfway, and then got a second chance"
- "Then how many different cells could you have for remembering different features of what's on this big bus bar?"

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (6 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "bus bar" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "The alpha, obviously, is going to be very different for our atmosphere than it was for these little polyethylene sheets. The light bounced here on a textured bus bar, bounced off of the glass more or less around here halfway, and then got a second chance"
- **Watch at 50:30**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6Gfm4D_pmw&t=3030s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "Then how many different cells could you have for remembering different features of what's on this big bus bar?"
- **Watch at 49:53**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oG6FyY2r9G0&t=2993s)

### Example 3
*Accent: US*
> "In other words, how long does the current have to travel along that contact metal before it reaches a highway, a bus bar, one"
- **Watch at 60:42**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFF2DuEv-2c&t=3642s)

### Example 4
*Accent: US*
> "But if I have probes that essentially will consist of many different individual metal points, and they come down on either bus bar like shown right here--"
- **Watch at 23:34**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcDbHI5KGU&t=1414s)

### Example 5
*Accent: US*
> "where you see the green right here, and off of the green are many little probe tips, individual probe tips that will make contact with the bus bar,"
- **Watch at 23:43**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcDbHI5KGU&t=1423s)

### Example 6
*Accent: US*
> "Typically on these devices in a module, you'll have soldered contacts in the front, and so they make contact with the entire bus bar,"
- **Watch at 32:50**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLcDbHI5KGU&t=1970s)


## How to Pronounce "bus bar"

- **Syllables**: bus · bar
- **IPA**: `/bʌsbær/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Pronunciations

[barking up the wrong tree](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/barking-up-the-wrong-tree), [on the wrong track](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/on-the-wrong-track), [misguided](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/misguided), [mistaken](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/mistaken), [off base](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/off-base), [wide of the mark](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/wide-of-the-mark), [beat around the bush](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/beat-around-the-bush), [skirt the issue](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/skirt-the-issue)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “bus bar”?
“bus bar” is pronounced /bʌsbær/ (bus · bar). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “bus bar”?
“bus bar” has 2 syllables: bus · bar.

### What does “bus bar” mean?
An electrical conductor that carries a large current, especially one that is part of a power distribution system; typically a thick strip, or a tube, of copper or aluminium.

### How can I hear “bus bar” used in real sentences?
This page has 6 real-world video examples of “bus bar” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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