Look up: blocking

1. Blocking
   [animation] Blocking is an animation technique in which key poses are created to establish timing and placement of characters and props in a given scene or shot. Blocking is most commonly used in 3D computer animation. Blocking is often the first step in the pose-to-pose style of animating, ...
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2. Blocking
   [construction] In construction blocking refers to pieces of wood or other material that run between wall studs in order to provide support and attachment sites for mounted hardware such as cabinets, shelving, vanity tops without a cabinet underneath, or bathroom towel bars. ==Construction== ...
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3. Blocking
   [textile arts] In knitting, crochet and other textile arts, blocking is a final stage of handmade textile production that adjusts the shape of the finished piece. Not all pieces need blocking, however blocking is standard for lace work, and is not uncommon in sweaters, socks, and other solid...
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4. Blocking
   The setting of the actors' positions and moves at the beginning of rehearsals. Occasionally known as plotting, but this term is usually reserved for use in lighting.
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5. Blocking
   The moving of people around the stage by the stage director to effect the patterns to be followed in the performance of the opera.
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6. Blocking
   [American football] In American football, blocking is a legal move occurring when one player obstructs another player`s path with his body. The purpose of blocking is to prevent defensive players tackling the ball carrier, or to protect the quarterback while attempting to pass or hand-off th...
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7. Blocking
   The process of roughing out the moves to be made by the actors. Also Grouping.
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8. Blocking
   Cover decoration applied in a press, usually from a metal plate.
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9. blocking
   [n] - the act of blocking someone`s path with your body (as in football)
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10. Blocking
    The movement and business of an actor on stage.
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11. Blocking
    When two materials stick together unintentionally. For instance, a photograph sticking to the back of the next page or photo album sleeve.
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12. Blocking
    Certain conditions can cause a sensor not to function. When this happens, normal gas sensing is blocked until the conditions are removed. The most common block is lack of oxygen.
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13. Blocking
    Condition where the labels in a roll of material stick to the backside of the liner above them. Usually due to adhesive cold flow, incomplete die cutting of the adhesive, improper drying of inks or improper drying of coatings.
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14. blocking
    to efficiently decrease the number of starts and stops; a combining of two or more items or groups of items Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers) • this is the procedure by which experimental units are grouped into homogeneous clusters in an attempt to improve ...
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15. Blocking
    In carpentry, the process of fastening together two pieces of board by gluing blocks of wood in the interior angle.
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16. Blocking
    A condition in a switching system or PABX in which no paths or circuits are available to complete a call and no dial tone is returned to the calling party. In this situation there is no alternative but to hang up and try the call again. Also referred to as a denial or busy condition.
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17. Blocking
    Block'ing noun 1. The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. 2. Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
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18. blocking
    1. Obstructing; arresting of passage, conduction, or transmission. ... 2. In psychoanalysis, a sudden break in free association occurring when a painful subject or repressed complex is touched. ... 3. Sudden cessation of thoughts and speech, which may indicate the presence of a severe thought disorder or a psychosis. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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19. blocking
    block noun the act of obstructing or deflecting someone`s movements
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20. blocking
    (blok´ing) interruption of an afferent nerve pathway (see block). inhibition of an intracellular biosynthetic process; metabolic block. thought blocking or thought deprivation; sudden cessation of the train of thought or speech, such as may occur in a period of extreme emotion or when a repre...
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21. Blocking
    • (n.) The act of obstructing, supporting, shaping, or stamping with a block or blocks. • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Block • (n.) Blocks used to support (a building, etc.) temporarily.
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22. blocking
    (from the article `clothing and footwear industry`) Blocking consists of encompassing a form, block, or die with the garment with skintight precision. The item is blocked or pressed by superposing a ...
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23. blocking
    (from the article `basketball`) Any illegal personal contact that impedes the progress of an opponent who does not have the ball....of the crosse and also puts it in position for accurate throwing. Defensive players are allowed to poke the ballcarrier in the body with their ... [2 related articles]
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24. blocking
    (from the article `furniture`) ...generally used. The advantage of ready-made laminated board is that it does not shrink. Wood expands and contracts in various ways, and its ...
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25. Blocking
    [statistics] In the statistical theory of the design of experiments, blocking is the arranging of experimental units in groups (blocks) that are similar to one another. For example, an experiment is designed to test a new drug on patients. There are two levels of the treatment, drug, and pla...
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