Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

block system

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables: block- sys-tem
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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.

noun

Given a group G that acts on a set X, a partition of X that is G-invariant.

Example Sentences

"Signalling was by the standard 'block' system of the time, which prevents any two trains being on the same track section at once, but this was operated with boldness, with margins shaved. The Metropolitan would prove to have an excellent safety record nonetheless."

Inflected Forms

block systems (plural)

Questions

What does block system mean?: 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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