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interlockings

interlockings is the plural of interlocking.

Meaning of interlocking

Noun

interlocking (plural interlockings)

  1. An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
    • There was still no attempt to arrange interlocking between points and signals; that came later. In 1856, John Saxby carried out the principle involved in interlocking—the prevention of signals and points being in conflicting positions—and erected apparatus to do that at this same junction.1955 April, R. H. Warring, “Some Early Railway Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 233

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Questions about interlockings

What is interlockings the plural of?
Interlockings is the plural of interlocking.

Words near interlockings in the dictionary

  1. interlocker
  2. interlockers
  3. interlocking
  4. interlocking tower
  5. interlocking towers
  6. interlockings
  7. interlocks
  8. interlocular
  9. interlocus
  10. interlocuter
  11. interlocuters

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