block system
block system noun: 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.
Noun
block system (plural block systems)
- 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.
- Signalling was by the standard 'block' system of the time, which prevents any two trains being on the same track section at once, but this was operated with boldness, with margins shaved. The Metropolitan would prove to have an excellent safety record nonetheless.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 41
- Given a group G that acts on a set X, a partition of X that is G-invariant.
block system meaning in Tamil
block system in Tamil
- கண்டமுறை
Forms of block system
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Questions about block system
- What does block system mean?
- Block system means 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.
- What is block system in Tamil?
- Block system in Tamil is கண்டமுறை. See Block system meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is block system?
- Block system is a noun.
- What is the plural of block system?
- The plural of block system is block systems.
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