interlock
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Etymology
Pronunciation
- (verb) IPA(key): /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlɒk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (noun) IPA(key): /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlɒk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
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.
Translations
To fit or clasp together securely
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
safety device
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References
- “interlock”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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