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building block

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building block
n.
1. A block used as a building material, especially a cinder block.
2. A small wooden or plastic cube used as a building toy.
3. A basic element or part of something: Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins.

building block
n
1. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a block of stone or other material, larger than a brick, used in building
2. (Electronics & Computer Science / Computer Science) a component that fits with others to form a whole standardized software building blocks
3. another name for block (the child's toy)
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Noun1.building blockbuilding block - a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else; "units of nucleic acids"
thing - a separate and self-contained entity
chemical chain, chain - (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)
couple - (physics) something joined by two equal and opposite forces that act along parallel lines
part, piece - a portion of a natural object; "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
unit cell - the smallest group of atoms or molecules whose repetition at regular intervals in three dimensions produces the lattices of a crystal
chemical group, radical, group - (chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule
molecule - (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound
2.building block - a block of material used in construction work
ashlar - a rectangular block of hewn stone used for building purposes
breeze block, cinder block, clinker block - a light concrete building block made with cinder aggregate; "cinder blocks are called breeze blocks in Britain"
headstone, keystone, key - the central building block at the top of an arch or vault
voussoir - wedge-shaped stone building block used in constructing an arch or vault
building material - material used for constructing buildings
Translations
building block ncomponente m
building block ncomponente m


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When solar energy excites a single electron in each of these units, the electrons are shuttled toward the third building block.
The Biodex Balance System from Biodex Medical Systems Inc is designed to test and train for proprioception--the building block for all functional movements--in a dynamic environment.
C12 CD has application as a building block in polyols and as a chain extender where it could provide advantages compared to HQEE, BDO and CHDM.
 
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