🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Blockiereinheit

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Blockiereinheit

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Blocking Unit/ˈblɒk.ɪŋ ˈjuː.nɪt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Die Blockiereinheit sorgt dafür, dass keine Schadstoffe eindringen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A component or mechanism that prevents the passage or flow of something, often used in technical or engineering contexts.

    "The blocking unit in the pipeline ensures that no contaminants can enter the clean water supply."
  2. 2

    In computing, a segment of memory or data that is reserved to prevent access or modification.

    "The software uses a blocking unit to safeguard sensitive information from unauthorized access."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'blocking unit' combines 'blocking', derived from the Old English 'blocca', meaning to obstruct or impede, and 'unit', from the Latin 'unitas', meaning one or a whole. The phrase has evolved in modern contexts to refer to a component in various systems that prevents or controls flow or movement.

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