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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The act of locking together or in combination, as in a railway-switch and signal system. See interlocking system of signals, under interlock, and signaling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Connected together in such a manner that the parts work together as a single unit, or in a coordianted manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That interlocks.
  • verb Present participle of interlock.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of interlocking or meshing
  • noun contact by fitting together
  • adjective linked or locked closely together as by dovetailing

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