block system

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Definitions of block system words

noun block system the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time 3
noun block system a system of dividing a railroad track into several sections (blocks) and regulating the trains by automatic signals (block signals) so that there is usually no more than one train in one section 3
noun block system a series of consecutive blocks. Compare block (def 22). 1
noun block system a system of blocks and block signals for controlling train movements. 1
noun block system 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. 0

before 1860

One of the 29% newest English words

First recorded in 1860-65

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