block schedulen.

Brit.

/ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdjᵿl/,

/ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdjuːl/,

/ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdʒuːl/,

/ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdʒᵿl/,

/ˈblɒk ˌskɛdjuːl/,

/ˈblɒk ˌskɛdjᵿl/, U.S.

/ˈblɑk ˌskɛdʒəl/,

/ˈblɑk ˌskɛdʒul/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: block n.¹, schedule n.

Etymology: < block n.¹ + schedule n. With sense 2 compare block scheduling n.

U.S.

1. A pricing system in which a predetermined number of units of a utility are sold at fixed rate, with additional blocks priced at a different rate.

ΘΠ

society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > system of

tariffication1892

postalization1913

1906 W. H. Gardiner Making of Rates iii. 18 The Block Schedule..[sells] only each additional increment or block of gas at discounted rates, the initial or preceding blocks being sold always at their stated rates.

1976 Land Econ. 52 169/2 An analysis of consumer's surplus can identify which customer class (by level of usage) gains and which class loses from an alteration in the block schedule.

2014 Amer. Econ. Rev. 104 3012 The utilities in Sites 2 and 3 have increasing block schedules, with marginal prices of 8 to 11 cents/kWh and 8 to 18 cents/kWh, respectively.

2. A schedule or timetable used in secondary education (or occasionally primary), in which the classes a pupil attends each day are fewer in number and longer in duration than under a traditional system. Also (and earliest) as a modifier.

ΘΠ

the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > timetable or schedule

timesc1410

time bill1810

train indicator1849

time sheet1850

horary1851

timetable1856

schedule1863

horarium1921

sked1929

time frame1946

timeline1948

1928 Educ. Res. Bull. 7 174/1 The author presents a schedule for a four-year high school with 8 teachers and 166 pupils, using the so-called ‘block schedule’ system.

1965 Eng. Jrnl. 54 429/2 Because there seemed to be many advantages to teaching students two hours at a time, we met with the sophomore history teachers to devise a block schedule.

2017 M. Sugiura It's not like it's Secret viii. 58 Anderson High School is on a block schedule, which means that from Monday through Thursday, we have four classes a day for eighty minutes each, and on Fridays we have eight classes for forty minutes each.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	block schedule
释义	block schedulen. Brit. /ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdjᵿl/, /ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdjuːl/, /ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdʒuːl/, /ˈblɒk ˌʃɛdʒᵿl/, /ˈblɒk ˌskɛdjuːl/, /ˈblɒk ˌskɛdjᵿl/, U.S. /ˈblɑk ˌskɛdʒəl/, /ˈblɑk ˌskɛdʒul/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: block n.¹, schedule n. Etymology: < block n.¹ + schedule n. With sense 2 compare block scheduling n. U.S. 1. A pricing system in which a predetermined number of units of a utility are sold at fixed rate, with additional blocks priced at a different rate. ΘΠ society > trade and finance > monetary value > price > pricing > [noun] > system of tariffication1892 postalization1913 1906 W. H. Gardiner Making of Rates iii. 18 The Block Schedule..[sells] only each additional increment or block of gas at discounted rates, the initial or preceding blocks being sold always at their stated rates. 1976 Land Econ. 52 169/2 An analysis of consumer's surplus can identify which customer class (by level of usage) gains and which class loses from an alteration in the block schedule. 2014 Amer. Econ. Rev. 104 3012 The utilities in Sites 2 and 3 have increasing block schedules, with marginal prices of 8 to 11 cents/kWh and 8 to 18 cents/kWh, respectively. 2. A schedule or timetable used in secondary education (or occasionally primary), in which the classes a pupil attends each day are fewer in number and longer in duration than under a traditional system. Also (and earliest) as a modifier. ΘΠ the world > time > reckoning of time > calendar > [noun] > timetable or schedule timesc1410 time bill1810 train indicator1849 time sheet1850 horary1851 timetable1856 schedule1863 horarium1921 sked1929 time frame1946 timeline1948 1928 Educ. Res. Bull. 7 174/1 The author presents a schedule for a four-year high school with 8 teachers and 166 pupils, using the so-called ‘block schedule’ system. 1965 Eng. Jrnl. 54 429/2 Because there seemed to be many advantages to teaching students two hours at a time, we met with the sophomore history teachers to devise a block schedule. 2017 M. Sugiura It's not like it's Secret viii. 58 Anderson High School is on a block schedule, which means that from Monday through Thursday, we have four classes a day for eighty minutes each, and on Fridays we have eight classes for forty minutes each. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1906
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