absolute blocking

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English[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæb.səˌlut ˈblɑk.ɪŋ/, /ˌæb.səˈljut ˈblɑk.ɪŋ/

Noun[edit]

absolute blocking (uncountable)

  1. (railway) A system of managing trains that breaks the line into small segments, and if a train is in a segment, no other train may follow, unless the second train is following the first, with caution.[1]

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  1. ^ Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 6
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