building block
one of a set of cube-shaped blocks used by children to make simple constructions.
a basic element or component: the building blocks of proteins.
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Predicted by physicists Murray Gell-Mann and George Zweig in 1964, quarks are the building blocks of most of the universe’s ordinary matter.
50 years ago, scientists were on a quest for quarks | Maria Temming | February 12, 2021 | Science NewsAt an ancient site situated among the hills of western Wales, researchers suspect they have uncovered the remnants of a stone circle that contained initial building blocks of Stonehenge.
Stonehenge may have had roots in a Welsh stone circle | Bruce Bower | February 12, 2021 | Science NewsAn SNP is an isolated change to DNA building blocks called nucleotides, which link together to form an individual’s unique genetic sequence.
Doggie DNA tests help predict the breeds that will be Puppy Bowl MVPs | Erin Fennessy | February 5, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe eureka moment was when the two scientists determined they could avoid the immune reaction by using chemically modified building blocks to make the RNA.
The next act for messenger RNA could be bigger than covid vaccines | David Rotman | February 5, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewShe’s heard of other parents, even her friends, giving kids money to invest without those building blocks first.
GameStop’s craze has caught the eye of a new set of investors: Children | Heather Kelly | February 4, 2021 | Washington Post
Such practices are hardly surprising in themselves—working for nothing seems to be a key building block of the new economy.
We also consider the family unit to be the fundamental building block of society.
Ohio Republican Rob Portman Comes Out in Support of Gay Marriage | Justin Green | March 15, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt is a building block of protein and found in large amounts in the brain, retina, heart, and blood platelets.
It was the first British paper he bought, back in 1969, a key building block in what would become a global empire.
But the early white settlers had firearms and skill in building block-houses, so they took to the valleys near wood and water.
The Price of the Prairie | Margaret Hill McCarterI was shown in Virginia City a building block of land that rents for ten times what it cost four years ago.
Greater Britain | Charles Wentworth DilkeThe little one wanted to play "catch," but Susy saw a great deal more sport in building block houses.
Little Prudy | Sophie MayIt includes law of that time which is the same, similar, or a building block to the law of today.
Our Legal Heritage, 5th Ed. | S. A. Reilly
British Dictionary definitions for building block
a block of stone or other material, larger than a brick, used in building
a component that fits with others to form a whole: standardized software building blocks
another name for (the child's toy) block
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