Collocations withblock
These are words often used in combination withblock.
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adjacent block
In the model under consideration, the width of the fissure is much smaller than the dimension of the adjacent block.
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atrioventricular block
His atrioventricular conduction was intact until 9 years of age, after which time he developed progressive atrioventricular block.
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basic block
Many frame allocations are in the same (extended) basic block as other non-frame allocations.
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block of ice
The solidity of a block of ice is spatially coextensive with the ice, but the field of a magnet can extend far beyond the latter's boundaries.
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block schedule
A modified block schedule was also introduced.
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block scheduling
Well-known representatives of this class are block scheduling, cyclic scheduling, and block-cyclic scheduling.
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carved block
Using a three-ton construction steamroller, a team of artists and printers print large-scale linoleum carved block prints.
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cement block
Cement block partitions in conveniences which, to specification, should have been nine inches, were put in at 14 inches, and had to be pulled down and replaced.
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census block
Socioeconomic variables were obtained by linking addresses with 1997 census block group data.
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chopping block
A second visit two weeks later revealed three metal trays, a chopping block and a table outside the shop.
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city block
The site specific message was 3-metres tall and nearly 80-metres in length, spanning the entire city block.
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concrete block
First, load-bearing rendered concrete block walls, carrying prefabricated concrete planks for floor and roof.
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contiguous block
That is, the copied structure is put on a contiguous block in memory and sorted into a normal form.
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engine block
The new eleven-stage unit for producing an engine block costs £250,000.
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entire block
In the first two cycles, the entire block of 42 paired rhyme/target trials was randomized.
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high-rise block
My constituency contains a high-rise block of flats that could have been put to good use.
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nerve block
She was today to ask her consultant about the possibility of having a sympathectomy or a nerve block to eliminate the pain in her arm.
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randomized block design
The plants were arranged in a completely randomized block.
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rectangular block
Four arenas were filmed simultaneously by arranging them in a rectangular block.
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residential block
Each residential block had four floors.
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solid block
All this is of one solid block, and any accidental straying must either be ignored or cause its total collapse.
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square block
Mounted on that pin was a square block.
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wooden block
When left undisturbed, termites burrow from the attacked stake to the wooden block.
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