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Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Block, Blocks, block, blocked, or blocks in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Block or blocked may refer to: Block programming, the result of a
Block
Topics referred to by the same term
The Block may refer to: The Block (Asheville), the black business district in Asheville, North Carolina The Block (Baltimore), an adult entertainment
The_Block
JavaScript library
and blocks. Blockly includes a set of visual blocks for common operations, and can be customized by adding more blocks. New blocks require a block definition
Blockly
Style of writing Latin script
Block letters (known as printscript, manuscript, print writing, printing or ball and stick in academics) are a sans-serif (or "gothic") style of writing
Block_letters
1991 video game
Block Block is a 1991 Breakout-style arcade video game developed and published by Capcom. Its style of play is consistent with the traditional play of
Block_Block
American multi-role fighter aircraft
inlets, from the Block 30 series on, blocks ending in "0" (e.g., Block 30) are powered by GE, and blocks ending in "2" (e.g., Block 32) are fitted with
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon
General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon
Set of adjacent groups
by Charles Janet. Each block is named after its characteristic orbital: s-block, p-block, d-block, f-block and g-block. The block names (s, p, d, and f)
Block_(periodic_table)
Urban regeneration initiative
Block by Block is a charitable initiative founded as a partnership between Minecraft developer Mojang and the United Nations which aims to encourage young
Block_by_Block_(program)
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up blocking in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blocking may refer to: Blacklist (computing) Blocking (computing), holding up a task until an event
Blocking
Distributed data store for digital transactions
records (blocks) that are securely linked together via cryptographic hashes. Each block contains a cryptographic hash of the previous block, a timestamp
Blockchain
American television series
On My Block is an American teen comedy-drama television series, created by Lauren Iungerich, Eddie Gonzalez, and Jeremy Haft. Set in the fictional Los
On_My_Block
Town in Rhode Island, United States
Block Island is an island of the Outer Lands coastal archipelago in New England, located approximately 9 miles (14 km) south of mainland Rhode Island
Block_Island
Unicode character block
Block Elements is a Unicode block containing square block symbols of various fill and shading. Used along with block elements are box-drawing characters
Block_Elements
American vocal group
New Kids on the Block (stylized as NKOTB) are an American vocal group from Dorchester, Massachusetts. Initially conceived as a boy band, the group consists
New_Kids_on_the_Block
Standard-sized block used in construction
A concrete block, also known as a cinder block in North American English, breeze block in British English, or concrete masonry unit (CMU), or by various
Concrete_block
Code sequence with no branches except at entry and exit
block highly amenable to analysis. Compilers usually decompose programs into their basic blocks as a first step in the analysis process. Basic blocks
Basic_block
Matrix defined using smaller matrices called blocks
vertical lines into four blocks: the top-left 2×3 block, the top-right 2×1 block, the bottom-left 1×3 block, and the bottom-right 1×1 block. [ a 11 a 12 a 13
Block_matrix
American long-range, subsonic cruise missile
sole supplier of Tomahawks, producing Block II and Block III versions and remanufacturing many Tomahawks to Block III specifications. In 1994, Hughes Aircraft
Tomahawk_missile
Privately-negotiated trade of large amounts of a security
A block trade is a high-volume transaction in a security that is privately negotiated and executed outside of the open market for that security. Major
Block_trade
American racing driver (born 2006)
Lia Block (born October 1, 2006) is an American racing driver who currently competes in the American Rally Association for Block House Racing driving a
Lia_Block
US Marine Corps corporal (1924–1945)
Harlon Henry Block (November 6, 1924 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps corporal who was killed in action during the Battle of Iwo Jima
Harlon_Block
Condition in which an author experiences creative slowdown
Writer's block is a non-medical condition, primarily associated with writing, in which an author is either unable to produce new work or experiences a
Writer's_block
Type of multi-winner plurality/majority electoral system
Block or bloc voting refers to a class of electoral systems where multiple candidates are elected simultaneously. They do not guarantee minority representation
Block_voting
American rally driver (1967–2023)
Kenneth Paul Block (November 21, 1967 – January 2, 2023) was an American professional rally driver, extreme sports racer, and business entrepreneur with
Ken_Block
Family of V8 and V6 engines
The General Motors LS-based small-block engines are a family of V8 and offshoot V6 engines designed and manufactured by the American automotive company
General Motors LS-based small-block engine
General_Motors_LS-based_small-block_engine
Type of land distribution to settlers with the same ethnicity
A block settlement (or bloc settlement) is a particular type of land distribution which allows settlers with the same ethnicity to form small colonies
Block_settlement
American financial services company
Block, Inc. (formerly Square, Inc.) is an American technology company and a financial services provider for consumers and merchants. Founded in 2009 by
Block,_Inc.
American magician and ventriloquist
Bruce Block is a magician and ventriloquist. . Block has appeared on America's Got Talent (seasons 2 and 3), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and many more
Bruce_Block
Medical condition
Atrioventricular block (AV block) is a type of heart block that occurs when the electrical signal traveling from the atria, or the upper chambers of the
Atrioventricular_block
2013 Indian film
Block by Block is a 2013 Indian documentary film produced by Vidhi Kasliwal. A Landmarc Films production and presentation is directed by Hina Sayada. The
Block_by_Block
Offensive line technique
In gridiron football, cut blocking is an offensive line technique that consists of an offensive player knocking a defensive player down by hitting his
Cut_blocking
Smallest area that is surrounded by streets
city block, residential block, urban block, houseblock, or simply block, is the smallest group of buildings that is surrounded by streets. City blocks are
City_block
Uncontrollable suppression or repression of painful or unwanted thoughts/memories
A mental block is an uncontrollable suppression or repression of painful or unwanted thoughts/memories. It can also be an inability to continue or complete
Mental_block
English slang term for the human penis
arouses a man without providing sexual release. Cockblock (also cock-block or cock block) is a US slang term for an action, whether intentional or not, that
Cock_(slang)
Geographic unit used by the US Census
average about 39 blocks per block group. Blocks typically have a four-digit number; the first number indicates which block group the block is in. For example
Census_block
Type of cipher
In cryptography, a block cipher is a deterministic algorithm that operates on fixed-length groups of bits, called blocks. Block ciphers are the elementary
Block_cipher
Named range of Unicode code points
A Unicode block is one of several contiguous ranges of numeric character codes (code points) of the Unicode character set that are defined by the Unicode
Unicode_block
System of two or more pulleys and a rope or cable
A block and tackle, only tackle or purchase is a system of two or more pulleys with a rope or cable threaded between them, used to provide tension and
Block_and_tackle
Defensive action preventing a score
In basketball, a block or blocked shot occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a field goal attempt from an offensive player to prevent a score
Block_(basketball)
Specific model of the F-16 fighter aircraft family
F-16C Block 25, 200 F-16C Block 30, 100 F-16C Block 32, 200 F-16C Block 40, 115 F-16C Block 42, 35 F-16D Block 25, 200 F-16D Block 30, 133 F-16D Block 32
General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon variants
General_Dynamics_F-16_Fighting_Falcon_variants
Past and present exist while the future does not
The growing block universe (GBU; also the growing block view) is a theory of time arguing that the past and present both exist, while the future does
Growing_block_universe
Building in Auschwitz I (main camp); central camp torture and execution facility
Block 11 was the name of a brick building in Auschwitz I, the Stammlager or main camp of the Auschwitz concentration camp network. This block was used
Block_11
Video-sharing platform
on the use of ad blockers on the platform. Users of ad blockers may be given a pop-up warning saying, "Video player will be blocked after 3 videos". Users
YouTube
Anesthetic procedure
A paracervical block is an anesthetic procedure used in obstetrics and gynecology, in which a local anesthetic is injected into between two and six sites
Paracervical_block
Rural area earmarked for administration and development in India
In India, a community development block (CD block) or simply a block is a sub-division of a district, administratively earmarked for planning and development
Community_development_block
Family of error-correcting codes that encode data in blocks
theory, block codes are a large and important family of error-correcting codes that encode data in blocks. There is a vast number of examples for block codes
Block_code
Canadian politician
Cynthia Marie Block is a Canadian politician and the current mayor of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Block was elected in the 2024 Saskatchewan municipal elections
Cynthia_Block
Philosophical view that there is no correct way of perceiving the passage of time
referred to as the "block time" or "block universe" theory due to its description of space-time as an unchanging four-dimensional "block", as opposed to the
Eternalism (philosophy of time)
Eternalism_(philosophy_of_time)
Topics referred to by the same term
H-block or h-block may refer to: Maze (HM Prison), Belfast, where the prison blocks were built to a uniform H-shaped plan Anti H-Block, 1981 Irish Republican
H-block
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up Blocker or blocker in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Blocker may also refer to: Ad blocker, software for removing or altering online advertising
Blocker
Demarcated group of source code statements that run in sequence
computer programming, a block of source code is a grouping of statements that execute in sequential order, top to bottom. The block structure is fundamental
Block_(programming)
Method for IP address allocation and routing
sized the network prefix as one or more eight-bit groups, resulting in the blocks of Class A, B, or C addresses, under CIDR address space, is allocated to
Classless Inter-Domain Routing
Classless_Inter-Domain_Routing
Internet censorship based upon geographical location
Geo-blocking, geoblocking or geolocking is technology that restricts access to Internet content based upon the user's geographical location. In a geo-blocking
Geo-blocking
Part of an internal combustion engine
combustion engine, the engine block is the structure that contains the cylinders and other components. The engine block in an early automotive engine
Engine_block
Topics referred to by the same term
D block, Block D, or variants, may refer to: d-block, a division of the periodic table of elements D-Block Records, a hip-hop record label D-Block at Alcatraz
D_block
Geological unit in California, US
The Perris Block is the central block of three major fault-bounded blocks of the northern part of the Peninsular Ranges. The Perris Block lies between
Perris_Block
Tall building
A tower block, high-rise, apartment tower, residential tower, apartment block, block of flats, or office tower is a tall building, as opposed to a low-rise
Tower_block
Type of artificial neural network
-th residual block is the input to the ( ℓ + 1 ) {\displaystyle (\ell +1)} -th residual block (assuming no activation function between blocks), then the
Residual_neural_network
/ 10.756866°N 79.370662°E / 10.756866; 79.370662 Valangaiman block is a revenue block in the Valangaiman taluk of Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India
Valangaiman_block
Deliberate inhibition of nerve impulses
pain relief. Local anesthetic nerve block (sometimes referred to as simply "nerve block") is a short-term block, usually lasting hours or days, involving
Nerve_block
Kitchen utensil
A butcher block or butcher's block is a heavy-duty chopping block, typically laminated or hardwood. The term 'butcher block' can also refer to the pattern
Butcher_block
German-Hungarian Baroque painter
Benjamin Block or Blok (1631–1690) was a seventeenth-century German-Hungarian Baroque painter who married the flower painter Anna Katharina Block. He is
Benjamin_Block
Topics referred to by the same term
A block party is a neighbourhood festivity. Block Party may refer to: "Block Party" (song), by Stacy Lattisaw and Johnny Gill, 1984 "The Block Party" (Lisa
Block_Party
Efficient sorting algorithm that combines insert and merge operations
start - blockA.start, [blockA.start, blockB.end)) lastB = [blockA.start, blockA.start + |blockB|) blockA.start += |blockB| blockA.end += |blockB| minA
Block_sort
American cable network
[adult swim] and [as]) is an American adult-oriented television programming block on Cartoon Network which broadcasts during the evening, prime time, and
Adult_Swim
Neighborhood non-profit organizations
Block Associations and Neighborhood Associations in New York City are non-profit organizations. A block party requires that an applicant must have a block
List of New York City Block and Neighborhood Associations
List_of_New_York_City_Block_and_Neighborhood_Associations
In the Bible, something that leads to sin
skándalon (Strong's 4625) means either a 'trap-stick' or a 'stumbling block'. In the Bible, skándalon is used figuratively to mean either something
Stumbling_block
Play in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals
The Block was a defensive basketball play that occurred in Game 7 of the 2016 NBA Finals, played between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors
The_Block_(basketball)
2021 American TV series or program
Bargain Block was a reality television show on HGTV following couple Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas as they buy, renovate, and design houses in Detroit.
Bargain_Block
American golfer and club professional (born 1976)
Michael Block (born June 15, 1976) is an American professional golfer. Having spent most of his career working as a club professional in Southern California
Michael_Block
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up woodblock in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Woodblock or wood block may refer to: Woodblock (instrument), a percussion musical instrument Woodblock
Woodblock
Piston engine with eight cylinders in V-configuration
to reduce their space requirements. The classification of 'big-block' or 'small-block' refers to the engine's external dimensions and does not necessarily
V8_engine
Apartment building complex in Chicago, Illinois, US
Parkway Gardens Apartment Homes, commonly also known as O Block, is a gated private apartment complex in the Greater Grand Crossing community area on
Parkway_Garden_Homes
System for producing precision lengths by stacking components
Gauge blocks (also known as gage blocks, Johansson gauges, slip gauges, or Jo blocks) are a system for producing precision lengths. The individual gauge
Gauge_block
Single-shot firearm action
A rolling-block action is a single-shot firearm action where the sealing of the breech is done with a specially shaped breechblock able to rotate on a
Rolling_block
Restriction on accessing an online resource
On the Internet, a block or ban is a technical measure intended to restrict access to information or resources. Blocking and its inverse, unblocking,
Block_(Internet)
NASA super heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle used in the Artemis Program
its current Block 1 configuration to a Block 1B and Block 2, but cancelled these plans in February 2026, aiming to standardize on Block 1, to "reduce
Space_Launch_System
Type of punch-down block
A 110 block is a type of punch-down block used to terminate runs of on-premises wiring in a structured cabling system. The designation 110 is also used
110_block
control block, thread control block, Task Control Block, or Service Request Blocks. Control blocks, which may be called called Unit Control Blocks, hold
Control_block
Disorder of heart rhythm
Heart block (HB) is a disorder in the heart's rhythm due to a fault in the natural pacemaker. This is caused by an obstruction – a block – in the electrical
Heart_block
Thiruchengode block is a revenue block in the Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 26 panchayat villages. "Map of revenue blocks of Namakkal
Tiruchengode_block
Kuwaiti animated television series
Block 13 (Arabic: قطعة ١٣, romanized: qiteat ṯālatha 'ash, stylised as 13 ق ط ع ة) is a Kuwaiti animated television series and unlicensed Arabic adaptation
Block_13
Any impairment or discomfort in walking
street blocks that the patient can walk before the onset of claudication. Thus, "one-block claudication" appears after walking one block, "two-block claudication"
Claudication
1989 video game
Block Hole, released in Japan as Quarth, is a 1989 puzzle video game developed and published by Konami for arcades. It was released in Japan on October
Block_Hole
American V-8 car engine
The Chevrolet big-block engine is a series of large-displacement, naturally-aspirated, 90°, overhead valve, gasoline-powered, V8 engines that was developed
Chevrolet_big-block_engine
Block acknowledgement (BA) was initially defined in IEEE 802.11e as an optional scheme to improve the MAC efficiency. 802.11n amendment ratified in 2009
Block_acknowledgement
Series of V8 engines built by Chrysler
large, wide cylinder head and complex rocker arm geometry in both cam-in-block and single overhead cam engines (dual overhead cam engines may not have
Chrysler_Hemi_engine
US Navy fast attack submarine class
Block VI and 5 in Block VII, largely due to the delays experienced with the "Improved Virginia". These 20 submarines (10 Block V, 5 Block VI, 5 Block VII)
Virginia-class_submarine
Keelpennathur block is a revenue block in the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 45 panchayat villages. "Map of revenue blocks of Tiruvannamalai
Keelpennathur_block
Annagramam block is a revenue block of Cuddalore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This revenue block consist of 42 panchayat villages. They
Annagramam_block
Government grant type
A block grant is a grant-in-aid of a specified amount from a larger government to a smaller regional government body. Block grants have less oversight
Block_grant
Katpadi block is a revenue block in the Vellore district of Tamil Nadu, India. It has a total of 23 panchayat villages. "Map of revenue blocks of Vellore
Katpadi_block
Digital currency data and news company
The Block is an American online publication specializing in cryptocurrencies. It is based in New York City. The Block was founded by Mike Dudas at the
The_Block_(website)
Office building on Parliament Hill in Ottawa
The East Block (officially the Eastern Departmental Building; French: Édifice administratif de l'est) is one of the three buildings on Canada's Parliament
East_Block
Topics referred to by the same term
Look up building block in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Building block or building blocks may refer to: Building block (chemistry), a term in chemistry
Building_block
Egyptian Middle Kingdom memorial statue
The block statue is a type of memorial statue that first emerged in the Middle Kingdom of Egypt. The block statue grew in popularity in the New Kingdom
Block_statue
Panruti block is a revenue block of Cuddalore district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This revenue block consist of 42 panchayat villages. "Archived
Panruti_block
Scheduling approach in broadcasting
Block programming (also known as a strand in British broadcasting) is the arrangement of programs on radio or television so that those of a particular
Block_programming
V-Blocks are precision metalworking jigs typically used to hold round metal rods or pipes for performing drilling or milling operations. They consist of
V-block
On-demand cloud computing provider
offers, as of June 16, 2022[update], two block-storage options: the EC2 Instance Store and the Elastic Block Store (EBS). Some Amazon EBS features that
Amazon_Web_Services
BLOCK
BLOCK
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a short, fat man, from Middle English, Old French tronchon ‘piece broken off’ (Late Latin truncio, genitive truncionis, from truncus ‘lopped’, ‘cut short’). It is just possible that the nickname also denoted someone who carried a staff or cudgel as a symbol of office, but this sense of the word is not attested in English before the 16th century.French : from Old French tronson ‘block of wood’, perhaps a metonymic occupational name for a woodcutter.
Surname or Lastname
German (Blöcker)
German (Blöcker) : occupational name for a jailer (see Block 1).English : occupational name for a shoemaker or bookbinder (see Block); a person called Henry le Blocker is recorded in York in 1212. However, in some cases the English name is of German origin (see 1 above); the census of 1881 records, amongst others, a Herman Blocker and a John Blocker, both born in Germany.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : habitational name from Bloxham in Oxfordshire and Bloxholm in Lincolnshire, both of which are recorded in Domesday Book as Blochesham, from an unrecorded Old English byname Blocc (presumably referring to a large, ungainly fellow; compare Block 1) + Old English hÄm ‘homestead’.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived or worked in a forest (see Forrest).English : Norman French nickname or occupational name from Old French forcetier ‘cutter’, an agent noun from forcettes ‘scissors’.English : occupational name, by metathesis, from Old French fust(r)ier ‘blockmaker’ (a derivative of fustre ‘block of wood’).German (Förster) : occupational and topographic name for someone who lived and worked in a forest (see Forst).Jewish (Ashkenazic) : ornamental name from German Forst ‘forest’.
Surname or Lastname
English and Irish
English and Irish : apparently a topographic name from Middle English furlong ‘length of a field’ (from Old English furh ‘furrow’ + lang ‘long’), the technical term for the block of strips owned by several different persons which formed the unit of cultivation in the medieval open-field system of farming, or a habitational name from a minor place named with this word, such as Furlong in Devon or Shropshire. The surname is now chiefly common in Ireland, where a family of this name settled at the end of the 13th century.Possibly an Americanized form of French Ferland.
Surname or Lastname
German and Dutch
German and Dutch : from Middle High German bloch, Middle Dutch blok ‘block of wood’, ‘stocks’. The surname probably originated as a nickname for a large, lumpish man, or perhaps as a nickname for a persistent lawbreaker who found himself often in the stocks.English : possibly a metonymic occupational name for someone who blocks, as in shoemaking and bookbinding, from Middle English blok ‘block’.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : Americanized spelling of Bloch (see Vlach).Adriaen Coertsz Block was a Dutch-born merchant-explorer who traded along the CT coast and Long Island shortly after Hudson’s voyage to the region in 1609. Block Island, between the north fork of Long Island and RI, which he used as a base of operations, is named after him.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived on a small plot of land, from Middle English plocke ‘small piece of ground’.Americanized spelling of German Ploch.Variant of German Block.
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, and northern Irish
English, Scottish, and northern Irish : variant of Sand 1.Scottish : habitational name from Sands in Tulliallan in Fife.Comfort Sands, a revolutionary patriot born in 1748 at what is now Sands’ Point, Long Island, NY, was descended from James (Sandys) Sands (1622–95), who emigrated from Reading, Berkshire, England, to Plymouth, MA, and followed Anne Hutchinson to Westchester Co., NY, and subsequently RI. In 1661 he settled on Block Island, RI.
BLOCK
BLOCK
Male
English
 English name derived from Latin Franciscus, FRANCIS means "French." This name is sometimes mistakenly given to girls instead of the identically pronounced feminine form, Frances.
Boy/Male
Irish
Peace from God.
Boy/Male
Hindu
Wind
Boy/Male
Hindu
Who know everything
Boy/Male
Hindu
Good
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Divine
Male
Egyptian
, Kakau.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Fight of God
Boy/Male
Hindu
Clean
Biblical
the father of the dew; or of the shadow,father of the dew
BLOCK
BLOCK
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BLOCK
a.
Like a block; deficient in understanding; stupid; dull.
n.
To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; -- used both of persons and things; -- often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Block
n.
To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Blockade
n.
The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks.
n.
One who blockades.
n.
The act of blocking up; the state of being blocked up.
n.
To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.
n.
Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
v. t.
To shut up, as a town or fortress, by investing it with troops or vessels or war for the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the introduction of supplies. See note under Blockade, n.
v. t.
The shutting up of a place by troops or ships, with the purpose of preventing ingress or egress, or the reception of supplies; as, the blockade of the ports of an enemy.
n.
A large ironbound block strapped with a hook, and, when used, hung to an eyebolt in the cap, -- used in swaying and lowering the topmast.
n.
A vessel employed in blockading.
imp. & p. p.
of Blockade
a.
Like a block; stupid.
n.
That which characterizes a blockhead; stupidity.