block
Block (Low German blok "Holzklotz, Holzstamm") stands for:
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- College block
- Boulder
- Volcanic block , angular rock fragments (pyroclasts) ejected from a volcano
- Part of a metal block chain
- Block (family name) , see there also namesake
- Block (sport) , defense techniques in sports
- Block (punishment) , wooden frame with holes
- Block (shipping) , cable housing with pulley
- Block post , in short, a railway signal box with a block attendant
- Route block , defined section of a railway line
- Ingot casting , casting of metal blocks.
Mathematics, computer science:
- Block (graph theory) , 2-fold connected subgraph
- in algebra a part of a block matrix
- Statement block in computer science, see block structure
- Amount of data (records) that are combined and stored in the IT to a physical unit, see data record #Blocking
- Cipher unit for the material to be ciphered, see block cipher
structural:
- City block , apartment block, building block or square
- Power plant block , individual and fully functional power plant
- Buildings in German concentration camps, see KZ barracks
politically:
- Military alliance in the Cold War
- Union of powerless parties next to a ruling party, see block party
- smallest unit of the political organization of the NSDAP, see block leader
Others:
- Block letters, see capitals
- Berthold Block (font)
- a form of perfect binding in book production
- Postage stamps, mostly issued as collector's items / special stamps, see stamp pad
- Distribution system of the film industry, from which the term blockbuster is derived, see block system
- Block tuition, a form of instruction concentrated on a coherent period of time
- an escape field adjustment in the chess game, see chess composition #Glossary
- Rope command when climbing, see list of climbing terms #B
- De Block , Belgian brewery
- The block , conservative architects' association of the interwar period
- The block (novel) , novel by Jérôme Leroy
- German crime series Bella Block
- H&R Block is a large US tax consultancy
The following geographical objects are called block :
- Block (Neuwied) , district of Neuwied, Rhineland-Palatinate
UNITED STATES:
- Block Island , several islands
- Block Pond , lake in Pasco County, Florida
- Block Bayou , flowing water in Jefferson County, Texas
- Block Canyon , flowing water in Lincoln County, New Mexico
- Block Hollow Creek , flowing water in Weld County, Colorado
- Block House Creek , flowing water in Williamson County, Texas
- Block Island Creek , flowing water in Charleston County, South Carolina
- Block, Illinois , located in Champaign County
- Block (Kansas) , location in Miami County
- Block, Tennessee , location in Campbell County
- Block City , location in Hawkins County, Tennessee
- Block Lead Diggings , Washington County, Missouri Mine
- Block Mine , mine in Routt County, Colorado
- Block P Mine , mine in Judith Basin County, Montana
See also:
- Bloc
- Block of wood (percussion instrument)
- Large block (historical election agreement)
- Steinblock (Eddy Steinblock, * 1955)
- List of all Wikipedia articles whose title starts with block
- Blocken (Russian place Otradnoje)
- Blocker (disambiguation)
- Blog (weblog on the Internet)
- Blok (disambiguation)
- Blocks (disambiguation)
- Bloch (disambiguation)
Wiktionary: Block - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
