interlock.

A device or control arrangement that prevents one operation unless required conditions are met.

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Words that belong together

• safety interlock
• door interlock

On the page

The door interlock refused to release while the pressure differed.

She checked the safety interlock before approaching the rotating assembly.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular interlock; plural interlocks. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.