interlocking
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- noun
- /ˌɪntərˈlɑːkɪŋ/
- The project, called "Landscape and Life: Appropriate Scales for Sustainable Development" (LLASS), had several interlocking aims.
- interlocking directorates
- interlocking systems
- interlocking pieces
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Watch on YouTubeAnd then just to put my own little gloss on things, you, you talked about this very important interlocking between meta ethics and ethics.
- And then just to put my own little gloss on things, you, you talked about this very important interlocking between meta ethics and ethics.
Examples
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I want to thank all three of you for bringing different but interlocking issues on the table.
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So to me it is significant that the volume should end with these two stories, these interlocking stories too.
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How shall we try to understand these interlocking concerns and tensions?
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Then they grasp a whole set of interlocking ideas all at once, and it's like watching the lights come on.
Fiction book (1999) -
People talk about an elaborate mosaic of interlocking local societies.
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The surgeon may use interlocking screws for better stability, depending on the location of the fracture.
Academic text (2007) -
Two interlocking themes have permeated each of these quasiparadigms of development and regime type.
Academic text (1997) -
Thus, the Committee for Religion was effectively stymied in addressing the interlocking crises of religion.
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The situation illustrates, in Muensterberger's neat phrase, "the interlocking of biological needs and environmental conditions."
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The puzzle consists of many interlocking pieces that fit together to create a complete picture.
Synonyms
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A connection between things, for example air pollution and disease
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A device that connects two machine parts so they move together
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Joining two things so they stay firmly together
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A group of things linked so they work together and change each other
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Fastening something so it stays in one position
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The act of weaving things together to make a pattern
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A thing that holds two parts together so they stay secure
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A close connection between parts or people that work together
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One part fitting into another so they work together
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The way parts join so they fit tightly and move together
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A connection between things or systems that makes them affect each other
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A way of joining two things so they can send power or information
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A way parts fit together like interlocking fingers
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Things twisted and woven together so they are closely connected
Parts with teeth fitting together so they turn smoothly
A state in which things are twisted or woven closely together
Antonyms
How Interlocked
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- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Interlocking comes from the parts inter- 'between' and lock 'to fasten'. Think of two gears or toy blocks that fit and 'lock' between each other, so interlocking as a noun is the act of fitting pieces closely so they move as one.