🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

街区线

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jiē qū xiàn

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Block-line/ˈblɒk.laɪn/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"建筑设计必须符合规划的街区线。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A continuous boundary or demarcation line formed by or separating blocks in a structured layout or urban plan.

    "The historic district is organized neatly along every block-line to maintain architectural symmetry."
  2. 2

    In manufacturing and engineering, a reference line used to align modular units or blocks during assembly.

    "Technicians verified the structural alignment using the primary block-line on the blueprint."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Compound of the English nouns 'block' (derived from Middle English blak, referring to a solid mass or section) and 'line' (from Old English līne, denoting a cord, thread, or boundary). Historically evolved in technical, manufacturing, and printing contexts to describe a distinct dividing mark or aligned series of blocks.

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