Block vs. Sector

Blocknoun

A substantial, often approximately cuboid, piece of any substance.

Blocknoun

A chopping block; cuboid base for cutting or beheading.

Blocknoun

A group of urban lots of property, several acres in extent, not crossed by public streets.

Blocknoun

A residential building consisting of flats.

Blocknoun

The distance from one street to another in a city that is built (approximately) to a grid pattern.

Blocknoun

Interference or obstruction of cognitive processes.

Blocknoun

(slang) The human head.

Blocknoun

A wig block: a simplified head model upon which wigs are worn.

Blocknoun

A mould on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

Blocknoun

A set of sheets (of paper) joined together at one end.

Blocknoun

(computing) A logical data storage unit containing one or more physical sectors (see cluster).

Blocknoun

(programming) A region of code in a program that acts as a single unit, such as a function or loop.

Blocknoun

(cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.

Blocknoun

(rigging) A case with one or more sheaves/pulleys, used with ropes to increase or redirect force, for example, as part of the rigging of a sailing ship.

Blocknoun

(chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.

Blocknoun

Something that prevents something from passing.

Blocknoun

(sports) An action to interfere with the movement of an opposing player or of the object of play (ball, puck).

Blocknoun

(cricket) A shot played by holding the bat vertically in the path of the ball, so that it loses momentum and drops to the ground.

Blocknoun

(volleyball) A defensive play by one or more players meant to deflect a spiked ball back to the hitter’s court.

Blocknoun

(philately) A joined group of four (or in some cases nine) postage stamps, forming a roughly square shape.

Blocknoun

A section of split logs used as fuel.

Blocknoun

(UK) Solitary confinement.

Blocknoun

A cellblock.

Blocknoun

(falconry) The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Blocknoun

A piece of hard wood on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted.

Blocknoun

(obsolete) A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.

Blocknoun

(rail) A section of a railroad where the block system is used.

Blocknoun

(cricket) The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.

Blocknoun

(cricket) A blockhole.

Blocknoun

(cricket) The popping crease.

Blockverb

(transitive) To fill (something) so that it is not possible to pass.

Blockverb

(transitive) To prevent (something or someone) from passing.

Blockverb

(transitive) To prevent (something from happening or someone from doing something).

Blockverb

To impede an opponent.

Blockverb

To specify the positions and movements of the actors.

Blockverb

To hit with a block.

Blockverb

To play a block shot.

Blockverb

(transitive) To disable communication via telephone, instant messaging, etc., with an undesirable someone.

Blockverb

To wait.

Blockverb

(transitive) To stretch or mould (a knitted item, a hat, etc.) into the desired shape.

Blockverb

(transitive) To shape or sketch out roughly.

Blocknoun

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on which a butcher chops his meat; a block by which to mount a horse; children's playing blocks, etc.

Blocknoun

The solid piece of wood on which condemned persons lay their necks when they are beheaded.

Blocknoun

The wooden mold on which hats, bonnets, etc., are shaped.

Blocknoun

A large or long building divided into separate houses or shops, or a number of houses or shops built in contact with each other so as to form one building; a row of houses or shops.

Blocknoun

A square, or portion of a city inclosed by streets, whether occupied by buildings or not.

Blocknoun

A grooved pulley or sheave incased in a frame or shell which is provided with a hook, eye, or strap, by which it may be attached to an object. It is used to change the direction of motion, as in raising a heavy object that can not be conveniently reached, and also, when two or more such sheaves are compounded, to change the rate of motion, or to exert increased force; - used especially in the rigging of ships, and in tackles.

Blocknoun

The perch on which a bird of prey is kept.

Blocknoun

Any obstruction, or cause of obstruction; a stop; a hindrance; an obstacle; - also called blockage; as, a block in the way; a block in an artery; a block in a nerve; a block in a biochemical pathway.

Blocknoun

A piece of box or other wood for engravers' work.

Blocknoun

A piece of hard wood (as mahogany or cherry) on which a stereotype or electrotype plate is mounted to make it type high.

Blocknoun

A blockhead; a stupid fellow; a dolt.

Blocknoun

A section of a railroad where the block system is used. See Block system, below.

Blocknoun

In Australia, one of the large lots into which public land, when opened to settlers, is divided by the government surveyors.

Blocknoun

The position of a player or bat when guarding the wicket.

Blocknoun

a number of individual items sold as a unit; as, a block of airline ticketes; a block of hotel rooms; a block of stock.

Blocknoun

the length of one side of a city block{5}, traversed along any side; as, to walk three blocks ahead and turn left at the corner.

Blocknoun

a halt in a mental process, especially one due to stress, memory lapse, confusion, etc.; as, a writer's block; to have a block in remembering a name.

Blocknoun

a quantity of binary-encoded information transferred, or stored, as a unit to, from, or on a data storage device; as, to divide a disk into 512-byte blocks.

Blocknoun

a number of locations in a random-access memory allocated to storage of specific data; as, to allocate a block of 1024 bytes for the stack.

Blockverb

To obstruct so as to prevent passage or progress; to prevent passage from, through, or into, by obstructing the way; - used both of persons and things; - often followed by up; as, to block up a road or harbor; to block an entrance.

Blockverb

To secure or support by means of blocks; to secure, as two boards at their angles of intersection, by pieces of wood glued to each.

Blockverb

To shape on, or stamp with, a block; as, to block a hat.

Blockverb

to cause (any activity) to halt by creating an obstruction; as, to block a nerve impulse; to block a biochemical reaction with a drug.

Blocknoun

a solid piece of something (usually having flat rectangular sides);

Blocknoun

a rectangular area in a city surrounded by streets and usually containing several buildings;

Blocknoun

a three-dimensional shape with six square or rectangular sides

Blocknoun

a number or quantity of related things dealt with as a unit;

Blocknoun

housing in a large building that is divided into separate units;

Blocknoun

(computer science) a sector or group of sectors that function as the smallest data unit permitted;

Blocknoun

an inability to remember or think of something you normally can do; often caused by emotional tension;

Blocknoun

a simple machine consisting of a wheel with a groove in which a rope can run to change the direction or point of application of a force applied to the rope

Blocknoun

a metal casting containing the cylinders and cooling ducts of an engine;

Blocknoun

an obstruction in a pipe or tube;

Blocknoun

a platform from which an auctioneer sells;

Blocknoun

(American football) the act of obstructing someone's path with your body;

Blockverb

render unsuitable for passage;

Blockverb

hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;

Blockverb

stop from happening or developing;

Blockverb

interfere with or prevent the reception of signals;

Blockverb

run on a block system;

Blockverb

interrupt the normal function of by means of anesthesia;

Blockverb

shut out from view or get in the way so as to hide from sight;

Blockverb

stamp or emboss a title or design on a book with a block;

Blockverb

obstruct;

Blockverb

block passage through;

Blockverb

support, secure, or raise with a block;

Blockverb

impede the movement of (an opponent or a ball);

Blockverb

be unable to remember;

Blockverb

shape by using a block;

Blockverb

shape into a block or blocks;

Blockverb

prohibit the conversion or use of (assets);

Sectornoun

section

Sectornoun

zone (designated area).

Sectornoun

(geometry) part of a circle, extending to the center

Sectornoun

(computing) fixed-sized unit (traditionally 512 bytes) of sequential data stored on a track of a digital medium (compare to block)

Sectornoun

(military) an area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible

Sectornoun

(military) one of the subdivisions of a coastal frontier

Sectornoun

(science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.

Sectornoun

(calculation) an instrument consisting of two rulers of equal length joined by a hinge.

Sectornoun

a field of economic activity

Sectornoun

(engineering) A toothed gear whose face is the arc of a circle.

Sectornoun

A part of a circle comprehended between two radii and the included arc.

Sectornoun

A mathematical instrument, consisting of two rulers connected at one end by a joint, each arm marked with several scales, as of equal parts, chords, sines, tangents, etc., one scale of each kind on each arm, and all on lines radiating from the common center of motion. The sector is used for plotting, etc., to any scale.

Sectornoun

An astronomical instrument, the limb of which embraces a small portion only of a circle, used for measuring differences of declination too great for the compass of a micrometer. When it is used for measuring zenith distances of stars, it is called a zenith sector.

Sectornoun

a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle

Sectornoun

a body of people who form part of society or economy;

Sectornoun

a particular aspect of life or activity;

Sectornoun

the minimum track length that can be assigned to store information; unless otherwise specified a sector of data consists of 512 bytes

Sectornoun

a portion of a military position

Sectornoun

measuring instrument consisting of two graduated arms hinged at one end

Sectornoun

an area or portion that is distinct from others

Sectornoun

a distinct part or branch of a nation's economy or society or of a sphere of activity such as education

Sectornoun

a subdivision of an area for military operations.

Sectornoun

a subdivision of a track on a magnetic disk.

Sectornoun

the plane figure enclosed by two radii of a circle or ellipse and the arc between them.

Sectornoun

a mathematical instrument consisting of two arms hinged at one end and marked with sines, tangents, etc. for making diagrams.