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What (who) is wood block - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Wood blocks; Woodblocks; Wood Block; Woodblock (disambiguation); Holzblock; Wood block (disambiguation); Holzblocktrommel; Tambour de bois; Bloc de bois; Wood block
Woodblock (instrument)
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Wood block (instrument)
A wood block (also spelled as a single word, woodblock) is a small slit drum made from a single piece of wood. The term generally signifies the Western orchestral instrument, though it is descended from the Chinese woodblock.
woodblock
¦ noun
1. a block of wood from which woodcut prints are made.
2. a hollow wooden block used as a percussion instrument.
Block (permutation group theory)
TERM IN MATHEMATICS AND GROUP THEORY
Block system
In mathematics and group theory, a block system for the action of a group G on a set X is a partition of X that is G-invariant. In terms of the associated equivalence relation on X, G-invariance means that
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Woodblock
Woodblock or wood block may refer to:
- Woodblock (instrument), a percussion musical instrument
- Woodblock printing, a method of printing in which an image is carved into the surface of a piece of wood
- Woodblock graffiti
- Toy block, a type of construction toy often made out of wood
Examples of use of wood block
1. He made musical instruments and wood–block prints, and painted at his home on the Newcastleton road about four miles south of Hawick.
2. But its abiding glory is the outpouring of full–colour wood–block prints, commissioned and in some cases executed by their fans, which record their performances, their personalities, their world.
3. It is called "Against the Grain." The technical expertise involved in making prints and the tricky nature of building up a wood–block image using numerous blocks, are indeed against the grain of the (apparently) "spontaneous" painter.