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  • 1block — 1 noun (C) 1 SOLID MASS a solid mass of hard material such as wood or stone with straight sides (+ of): a block of ice 2 STREET/STREETS a) AmE the distance along a city street from where one street crosses it to the next: It s three blocks to the …

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  • 2Text Services Framework — The Text Services Framework (TSF) , is a COM framework and API in Windows XP and later Windows operating systems that supports advanced text input and text processing. The Text Services Framework is designed to offer advanced language and word… …

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  • 3Text mode demos — are real time calculated computer animations which make use of the native text graphic mode(s) common on the IBM PC compatibles. The Text Mode Demo Scene is one of many different facets of the demoscene.Text Mode as a medium offers several unique …

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  • 4Block Beuys — (1970/2007) (externer Weblink) Werkkomplex Joseph Beuys Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt Der Block Beuys ist eine sieben Räume umfassende Installation des deutschen Künstlers Joseph Beuys im Hessischen Landesmuseum in Darmstadt. Die Installation …

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  • 5block move — ˌblock ˈmove noun [countable] COMPUTING moving a complete part of a document to another part of the document or to a different document: • The program has a graphics engine for quick block moves. * * * block move UK US noun [C] IT ► the act of… …

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  • 6Block book — Apocalypse page Biblia Pauperum or Bible of the Poor , woodcut illustrations w …

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  • 7Block quotation — A block quotation, also known as a long quotation , block quote or extract , is a quotation in a written document, set off from the main text as a distinct paragraph or block. It is typically used for a longer passage than a run in quotation,… …

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  • 8block — n. interruption obstacle 1) (Am. football) to throw a block at smb. 2) a mental block (when it comes to word games, I have a mental block) 3) (med.) a heart; nerve; saddle block 4) a stumbling block street city square (AE) 5) a city block (the… …

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  • 9block — block1 [ blak ] noun count *** ▸ 1 piece of wood/stone etc. ▸ 2 distance along street ▸ 3 amount/quantity of something ▸ 4 period of time ▸ 5 (large) building ▸ 6 at start of race ▸ 7 something that stops movement ▸ 8 something that stops action… …

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  • 10block — I UK [blɒk] / US [blɑk] noun [countable] Word forms block : singular block plural blocks *** 1) a) a large building with a lot of different levels There s a flat available in the block where I live. an apartment/office/high rise block block of… …

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