Definition of signal

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Signal (a.) Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer..

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Checkstring :: Checkstring (n.) A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.
Signify :: Signify (n.) To show by a sign; to communicate by any conventional token, as words, gestures, signals, or the like; to announce; to make known; to declare; to express; as, a signified his desire to be present..
Flag :: Flag (v. t.) To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance..
Wave :: Wave (v. t.) To call attention to, or give a direction or command to, by a waving motion, as of the hand; to signify by waving; to beckon; to signal; to indicate..
Signal :: Signal (n.) A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action..
Sign :: Sign (v. i.) To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
Beacon :: Beacon (n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners..
Warder :: Warder (n.) A truncheon or staff carried by a king or a commander in chief, and used in signaling his will..
Signal :: Signal (n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
#NAME? :: -men (pl. ) of Signalma.
Chronopher :: Chronopher (n.) An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.
Signalment :: Signalment (n.) The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks..
Magnesium :: Magnesium (n.) A light silver-white metallic element, malleable and ductile, quite permanent in dry air but tarnishing in moist air. It burns, forming (the oxide) magnesia, with the production of a blinding light (the so-called magnesium light) which is used in signaling, in pyrotechny, or in photography where a strong actinic illuminant is required. Its compounds occur abundantly, as in dolomite, talc, meerschaum, etc. Symbol Mg. Atomic weight, 24.4. Specific gravity, 1.75..
Havoc :: Havoc (n.) A cry in war as the signal for indiscriminate slaughter.
Pharology :: Pharology (n.) The art or science which treats of lighthouses and signal lights.
Cooee :: Cooee (n.) A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal.
Wigwag :: Wigwag (v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Semaphore :: Semaphore (n.) A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc..
Candlebomb :: Candlebomb (n.) A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes.
Ensign :: Ensign (n.) A signal displayed like a standard, to give notice..
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