interlocking

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the act of interlocking or meshing

   an interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check

2. 2
   adj

   Linked, locked, or fitted closely together.

   All societies have three key interlocking elements: Religion, economics, and politics.

3. 3
   noun

   An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.

   There was still no attempt to arrange interlocking between points and signals; that came later. In 1856, John Saxby carried out the principle involved in interlocking—the prevention of signals and points being in conflicting positions—and erected apparatus to do that at this same junction.

4. 4
   noun

   contact by fitting together

5. 5
   adj

   linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

6. 6
   verb

   present participle and gerund of interlock