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signal
  1. A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
  2. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
  3. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electrical or electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
  4. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
  5. Useful information, as opposed to noise.
  6. (computing) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Education Leeds assistant chief executive Roland Absalom said it was a clear signal that the situation was improving.”
      “When Sheffield saw a player dismissed for two yellow card offenses, it was the signal for Vale to press forward again.”
      “At some point, he will give you a signal to leave, and you get up and go cash out all the chips you have.”
signalling
signalman
  1. Somebody employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
  2. A member of the armed forces responsible for signalling.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The signalman skillfully directed the trains, ensuring a smooth flow of traffic on the railway.”
      “Occasionally, for a joke, the fireman would put the end of the staff in the firebox, making it too hot for the signalman to handle.”
      “The crew consisted of the stoker and driver, the guard and assistant guard, the shunter, the station master and the signalman.”
signalment
  1. The act of signalling, or of signalizing.
  2. A description based on specific traits.
signaler
  1. One who signals.
  2. A device that sends a signal.
  3. Synonyms:
signalase
  1. (biochemistry) A peptidase that cleaves signal peptides from secreted proteins cotranslationally
signalization
  1. The process of signalizing; characterization or differentiation
  2. Examples:
    1. “The site, at the corner of a busy portal intersection, presented issues given the close proximity to the WalMart General Offices requiring special traffic signalization.”
signalist
  1. One who makes signals, or communicates intelligence by signalling.
signalwoman
  1. A woman employed to operate the signals and points of a railway.
signaling
signalmaster
  1. The supervisor of a signalman on a railway.
signality
  1. (obsolete) The quality or state of being signal or remarkable.
signalperson
signalisation
  1. Alternative spelling of signalization
signalhood
  1. The property of being a signal.
signall
  1. Obsolete form of signal.
signaller
  1. (British spelling) One who signals.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “A signaller calls the chopper in as troops deploy to provide support and resupply to a force in contact.”
      “Aside from being a qualified infanteer he had also qualified as a driver, signaller, mortar man and machine gunner.”
      “Bob Wade, a signaller in Battery HQ said a shell hit in front of the command post dugout.”
signalizations
  1. plural of signalization
signalmasters
  1. plural of signalmaster
signalpersons
  1. plural of signalperson
signalwomen
  1. plural of signalwoman
signallings
signalments
  1. plural of signalment
signalmen
  1. plural of signalman
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Combat experience made signalmen constantly adjust their views on how to develop the communications system.”
      “Perhaps the only trades which are exclusive to railways in their nomenclature are platelayers, shunters and signalmen.”
      “In the end Canada provided the mission with logistical support by more than 1,000 signalmen, engineers, logisticians, pilots and seamen.”
signalases
  1. plural of signalase
signalings
signalists
  1. plural of signalist
signallers
signalities
  1. plural of signality
signalers
signalls
  1. plural of signall
signals
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