2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Blocking — may refer to:In telecommunications: *Block size (data storage and transmission), the formatting of data into blocks for purposes of transmission, storage, checking, or other functions *Block storage, a sequence of bytes or bits, having a nominal… … Wikipedia
Blocking — Blocking. См. Группирование для распределения. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) … Словарь металлургических терминов
blocking — index preventive, resistance Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
blocking — 1630s, verbal noun from prp. of BLOCK (Cf. block) (v.). By 1891 in U.S. football; by 1961 in theater … Etymology dictionary
blocking — 1. Obstructing; arresting of passage, conduction, or transmission. 2. In psychoanalysis, a sudden break in free association occurring when a painful subject or repressed complex is touched. 3. Sudden cessation of thoughts and speech, which may… … Medical dictionary
Blocking — Block Block (bl[o^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Blocked} (bl[o^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Blocking}.] [Cf. F. bloquer, fr. bloc block. See {Block}, n.] 1. To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
blocking — verb 2. Blocking is a theatre term which refers to the precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera. The term derives from the practice of 19th Century theatre… … Wiktionary
Blocking — Blọ|cking, das; s, s [engl. blocking, zu: to block < (a)frz. bloquer, ↑blockieren]: ↑Blockade (3) … Universal-Lexikon
Blocking — Blo|cking das; s, s <aus engl. blocking »das Versperren« zu to block, dies aus fr. bloquer, vgl. ↑blockieren> svw. ↑Blockade (1b) … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Blocking — Refer instead to account Blocking … International financial encyclopaedia
