plural of lock stitch

plural of permutation lock

plural of rim lock

plural of scalp lock

plural of stock lock

Alternative form of vapor lock

(mechanical engineering) A problem mostly affecting gasoline-fueled internal combustion engines, where the liquid fuel changes state from liquid to gas while still in the fuel delivery system, reducing the pump pressure and causing transient power loss or complete stalling.

plural of lock gate

(Usually) one of a pair of gates at each end of a lock chamber on a canal, or river with a weir.

(computing theory) The undesirable situation where multiple threads of equal priority contend repeatedly for the same lock.