interlocking
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interlocking
adjective more interlocking · most interlocking
- Linked, locked, or fitted closely together. All societies have three key interlocking elements: Religion, economics, and politics.
noun interlockings
- 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.
verb
- present participle and gerund of interlock
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: mesh, meshing, interlacing, interlinking, engagement, complex, interwoven, chain, locking, latching, paved, overlapping, switching, entanglement, tangle, tell-tale
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Talk about this word "interlocking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/interlocking. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. interlocking. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/interlocking "interlocking." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/interlocking.Cite this
@misc{interlocking_2026,
title = {interlocking},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/interlocking},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
