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block model

noun

Definitions

  1. A scale model of a ship to be built, showing the vessel's water line.

    • ...the young shipwright is next desired to prepare a block model to the timbers, which, if correctly proportioned, will displace water equal to the weight of the vessel...

  2. A simplified model of a ship with flat sides.

    • To show more clearly the relation of the block model to that of the actual ship, I have selected No. 4 in the Table...
    • No attempt in this direction has, as yet, met with the general favour which Dr. Kirk's block model analysis has secured.

  3. A model of a network made by dividing it into blocks

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