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block instrument

block instrument noun: an instrument installed in a cabinet, used in block signalling installations.

Noun

block instrument (plural block instruments)

  1. (UK) An instrument installed in a cabinet, used in block signalling installations.
    • The line is signalled with upper quadrant semaphores and Sykes lock and block three-wire two-position block instruments. [...] The Inspecting Officer concludes that both signalmen must share responsibility for the accident by the irregular release of the block instrument, but remarks that the...1960 March, “Talking of Trains: Collision at Slade Green”, in Trains Illustrated, page 133

block instrument meaning in Tamil

block instrument in Tamil

அடைப்புக்கருவி

Forms of block instrument

pluralblock instruments

Questions about block instrument

What does block instrument mean?
Block instrument means an instrument installed in a cabinet, used in block signalling installations.
What is block instrument in Tamil?
Block instrument in Tamil is அடைப்புக்கருவி. See Block instrument meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is block instrument?
Block instrument is a noun.
What is the plural of block instrument?
The plural of block instrument is block instruments.

Words near block instrument in the dictionary

  1. block holders
  2. block hole
  3. block holes
  4. block hour
  5. block hours
  6. block instrument
  7. block instruments
  8. Block Island
  9. Block Island Sound
  10. Block Islander
  11. Block Islanders

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