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block system
noun
, Railroads.
- a series of consecutive blocks. Compare block ( def 22 ).
- a system of blocks and block signals for controlling train movements.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of block system1
First recorded in 1860–65
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Example Sentences
"I don't know what is meant by the block system," added Mrs. Belgrave.
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They had the whole district organized on the block system, and they went over each block house by house.
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We may now pass to the working of the block system of signalling trains from station to station on one line of a double track.
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A block system is devised and partly made, but is not yet erected.
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There was only a single track then, and no block system of signals.
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