absolute blocking

absolute blocking

English

Alternative forms

• block system

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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]

Translations

system of managing trains

Finnish: suojastus

References

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