interlocking

About 1.48 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Linked, locked, or fitted closely together.

   All societies have three key interlocking elements: Religion, economics, and politics.

2. noun Any mechanism that interlocks.
3. noun An arrangement of signal apparatus that prevents conflicting movements through a set of intersecting tracks, such as junctions or crossings.
4. verb present participle and gerund of interlock

Similar words

mesh meshing interlacing interlinking engagement complex interwoven chain locking latching

Often followed by

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