interlocking

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Astrolabes are metallic disks with multi-layered, interlocking components that were historically used to tell the time, map the stars, the direction of Mecca and the motion of the sky.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

Around 95 million years ago, the Spinosaurus -- a massive beast with a blade-shaped head crest and interlocking teeth -- roamed the African continent.

From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026

The skull also reveals tightly interlocking upper and lower teeth that formed an effective trap for slippery prey.

From Science Daily • Feb. 23, 2026

She moves quickly from caves to cathedrals and their architecture, including King’s College Chapel, in Cambridge, with its soaring 16th-century ceiling—the world’s largest fan vault, ribbed in interlocking patterns.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

By similar logic, the interlocking of just a few crucial concepts relaunched the science of genetics.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee