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block instruments

block instruments is the plural of block instrument.

Meaning of block instrument

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

Questions about block instruments

What is block instruments the plural of?
Block instruments is the plural of block instrument.

Words near block instruments in the dictionary

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

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