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lohko — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • block noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  • chunk noun A thick, irregular piece or lump of something.
  • group noun A number of people or things considered together because of some shared connection.
  • section noun A distinct part of something larger, such as a document, area, or object.
  • sector noun A distinct part or division of something larger, especially an area of economic or social activity.
  • segment noun One of the parts something is divided into.

Senses

lohko is used for these senses in English:

  • block (chemistry) A portion of a macromolecule, comprising many units, that has at least one feature not present in adjacent portions.
  • block (cryptography) A fixed-length group of bits making up part of a message.
  • chunk (computing) A discrete segment of a file, stream, etc. (especially one that represents audiovisual media); a block.
  • group (sports) A set of teams playing each other in the same division, while not during the same period playing any teams that belong to other sets in the division.
  • section A part, piece, subdivision of anything.
  • sector (science fiction) a fictional region of space designated for navigational or governance purposes.
  • sector (military) An area designated by boundaries within which a unit operates, and for which it is responsible.
  • segment One of the parts into which any body naturally separates or is divided; a part divided or cut off; a section; a portion.

block — full definition

  1. noun A solid piece of a hard material, usually with flat sides.
  2. noun A section of a city bounded by streets, or the distance along one such section.
  3. noun Something that stops progress or prevents access.
  4. verb To obstruct or prevent something from passing or happening.
  5. verb To stop someone from contacting you online.

chunk — full definition

  1. noun A thick, irregular piece or lump of something.
  2. noun A large or significant portion of something, such as time or money.
  3. noun A discrete segment of data, such as part of a file or a stream, transferred or processed as one unit.
  4. verb To break something into large pieces.
  5. verb To throw something, especially carelessly.

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