blocking

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Synonyms: flocking, locking, blacking, clocking, bocking, slocking, mocking, looking, blooming, backing, shocking

Antonyms: flocking, locking, blacking, clocking, bocking, slocking, mocking, looking, blooming, backing, shocking

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Verb

1. {{infl of|en|block||ing-form}}

Noun

1. The act by which something is [[block]]ed; an [[obstruction]].
2. The precise movement and positioning of [[actor]]s in order to facilitate a performance (originally planned using miniature blocks).
3. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
4. {{lb|en|computing}} A [[feature]] that prevents a [[keyboard]] from registering multiple [[simultaneous]] [[keypress]]es that would cause [[ghosting]].
5. {{lb|en|signal processing}} A rectangular [[discontinuity]] as an [[artifact]] of separating a [[discrete]] signal into [[block]]s that are processed individually.

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