[
UK
/sˈɪɡnəl/
]
[ US /ˈsɪɡnəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪɡnəɫ/ ]
VERB
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communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu
He signed his disapproval with a dismissive hand gesture -
be a signal for or a symptom of
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
These symptoms indicate a serious illness
NOUN
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any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
signals from the boat suddenly stopped -
any incitement to action
the victory was a signal for wild celebration
he awaited the signal to start - an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
ADJECTIVE
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notably out of the ordinary
the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party
How To Use signal In A Sentence
- Unless the radar signal is normal to some surface (extremely low probability) the radar receives no return.
- Our interneuronal connections in our brain, for example, process information at chemical signaling speeds of a few hundred feet per second, compared to a billion feet per second for electronics - electronics is a million times faster.
- Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
- The Cologne goalkeeper signalled his potential by publicly attacking the legendary Bayern Munich Maoist Paul Breitner for his heavy drinking, smoking and gambling though not, strangely enough, for his scrofulous appearance. Note to England's rugby players: embrace Der Aggro | Harry Pearson
- I don't doubt a lot of signaling is going on but suspect even more mis-signaling. Tyler May Not Agree With Me On Education, But His Inner Economist Does, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
- In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone.
- Photosensitive materials are also utilized in vidicons, which are devices used to convert images to electrical signals.
- What methods of signaling other troops will there be implemented in the game. eg. do you need a radio operator alive in your squad to communicate with other squads?
- The networks related to cellular development and connective tissue disorder showed that enzymes such as phosphoglycerate 12 mutase (glycolysis), muscle proteins such as myosin heavy chain 4 (Actin cytoskeleton signaling), nebulin-related anchoring protein (Actin binding protein) were significantly down regulated by TWEAK ( PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
- The RAM has a first location for storing the data signal and a second location for storing the initialization status indicator.
