block system

Noun

Meaning

block system (plural block systems)

(rail transport) On railways, a system by which the track is divided into sections of three or four miles, and trains are run by the guidance of electric signals so that no train enters a section or block before the preceding train has left it.

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Synonyms

locking interlocking

Examples

Rittner (2002), back cover 1800 to 1942 This 1895 map of Albany shows the gridded block system as it expanded around the former turnpikes Albany has been a center of transportation for much of its history. Source: Internet

Wright first used his textile block system on the John Storer House in Hollywood, California, in 1923. Source: Internet

The Ennis House after in 1923, Wright had the opportunity to further test the limits of the textile block system when he received a commission from Charles and Mabel Ennis to build a home on a hillside in the Los Feliz area of Los Angeles, California. Source: Internet

It is very unlikely that the editor of the new CMS will support the same block system. Source: Internet

Users cannot block system Bulletins. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

block section block signal block someone's activities block teaching block the entry to block the progress