Definition of signal

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Signal (n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.

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Turn :: Turn (n.) A fall off the ladder at the gallows; a hanging; -- so called from the practice of causing the criminal to stand on a ladder which was turned over, so throwing him off, when the signal was given..
Cautionary :: Cautionary (a.) Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals..
Wigwag :: Wigwag (v. t.) To signal by means of a flag waved from side to side according to a code adopted for the purpose.
Chamade :: Chamade (n.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
Sign :: Sign (v. i.) To make a sign or signal; to communicate directions or intelligence by signs.
Assembly :: Assembly (n.) A beat of the drum or sound of the bugle as a signal to troops to assemble.
Signalizing :: Signalizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Signaliz.
Flagman :: Flagman (n.) One who makes signals with a flag.
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..
Telegraphic :: Telegraphic (a.) Of or pertaining to the telegraph; made or communicated by a telegraph; as, telegraphic signals; telegraphic art; telegraphic intelligence..
Tragedy :: Tragedy (n.) A dramatic poem, composed in elevated style, representing a signal action performed by some person or persons, and having a fatal issue; that species of drama which represents the sad or terrible phases of character and life..
Stylus :: Stylus (n.) That needle-shaped part at the tip of the playing arm of phonograph which sits in the groove of a phonograph record while it is turning, to detect the undulations in the phonograph groove and convert them into vibrations which are transmitted to a system (since 1920 electronic) which converts the signal into sound; also called needle. The stylus is frequently composed of metal or diamond..
Call :: Call (n.) A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty..
Signal :: Signal (v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor..
Signalman :: Signalman (n.) A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned..
Hist :: Hist (interj.) Hush; be silent; -- a signal for silence.
Semiology :: Semiology (n.) The art of using signs in signaling.
Sematrope :: Sematrope (n.) An instrument for signaling by reflecting the rays of the sun in different directions.
Quartermaster :: Quartermaster (n.) A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master..
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..
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