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block signal

block signal noun: one of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system, often coupled with a switch so that opening or closing the switch also operates the signal.

Noun

block signal (plural block signals)

  1. One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system, often coupled with a switch so that opening or closing the switch also operates the signal.

Forms of block signal

pluralblock signals

Questions about block signal

What does block signal mean?
Block signal means one of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system, often coupled with a switch so that opening or closing the switch also operates the signal.
What part of speech is block signal?
Block signal is a noun.
What is the plural of block signal?
The plural of block signal is block signals.

Words near block signal in the dictionary

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  2. block scope
  3. block scopes
  4. block section
  5. block sections
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  8. block system
  9. block systems
  10. block tackle
  11. block tackles

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