interlock
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
VerbEdit
interlock (third-person singular simple present interlocks, present participle interlocking, simple past and past participle interlocked)
- (transitive, intransitive) To fit or clasp together securely.
- To interlace.
TranslationsEdit
To fit or clasp together securely
To interlace
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NounEdit
interlock (plural interlocks)
- A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions.
- The demonstrator couldn't figure out why the machine wouldn't work, until he remembered that there was an interlock so it wouldn't operate with the cover open.
- 1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:
- Features such as trackless doors, mercury-type door interlocks, roof-mounted door fault indicator lights, rubber window glazing, improved retractable shoegear and a modified electro-pneumatic brake system designed to facilitate maintenance and improve reliability, which have proved their worth on the prototype trains, are continued in the new stock.
TranslationsEdit
safety device
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ReferencesEdit
- “interlock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.