"interlock" meaning in English

See interlock in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlɒk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interlock.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interlock2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: interlocks [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English interlock From inter- + lock. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|inter-|lock|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English interlock [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁én", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁entér", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥ter", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "inter-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "lock", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "lock", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewg-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*luką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*lok", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "loc", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "lok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lock", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "interlock", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="interlock"> From inter- + lock. Head templates: {{en-noun}} interlock (plural interlocks)
  1. A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions. Translations (safety device): 互鎖 /互锁 (Chinese Mandarin), Verriegelung [feminine] (German), forrigling [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bloqueo [masculine] (Spanish), traba [feminine] (Spanish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˌɪntə(ɹ)ˈlɒk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interlock.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-interlock2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: interlocks [present, singular, third-person], interlocking [participle, present], interlocked [participle, past], interlocked [past]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English interlock From inter- + lock. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|inter-|lock|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Proto-Indo-European *lewg-der. Proto-Germanic *luką Proto-West Germanic *lok Old English loc Middle English lok English lock English interlock [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "between", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁én", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁entér", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*n̥ter", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "inter-", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "inter-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "lock", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "lock", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewg-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*luką", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*lok", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "loc", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "lok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "lock", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "interlock", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="interlock"> From inter- + lock. Head templates: {{en-verb}} interlock (third-person singular simple present interlocks, present participle interlocking, simple past and past participle interlocked)
  1. (ambitransitive) To fit or clasp together securely. Tags: ambitransitive Translations (To fit or clasp together securely): блокирам (blokiram) (Bulgarian)
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  2. To interlace. Translations (To interlace): свързвам (svǎrzvam) (Bulgarian), съединявам (sǎedinjavam) (Bulgarian), verschränken (German), engranar (Spanish), endentar (Spanish), encastrar (Spanish), entrelazar (Spanish), entretejer (Spanish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: interlockable, interlocker, microinterlocking, noninterlocking, uninterlocked

Inflected forms

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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              106,
              115
            ]
          ],
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
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              52,
              62
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "1960 February, “The first of London's new Piccadilly Line trains is delivered”, in Trains Illustrated, page 94:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A safety device that prevents activation in unsafe conditions."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɪntə(ɹ)ˌlɒk/"
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "sense": "safety device",
      "word": "互鎖 /互锁"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "safety device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Verriegelung"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "lang_code": "nb",
      "sense": "safety device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "forrigling"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "safety device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bloqueo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "safety device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "traba"
    }
  ],
  "word": "interlock"
}

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