[
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
- Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
- 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.
- 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
- 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 RAM has a first location for storing the data signal and a second location for storing the initialization status indicator.
- Most rural stations had a staff of at least six, and perhaps up to a dozen, who them carried out the duties of stationmaster, signalman, booking clerk, ticket collector, porter, shunter, lengthman and lampman.
- Peter said, signaling to the waiter: "When I got that letter from Mrs. Dawson I felt sick, positively _sick_. Working Murder
- Similarly, when the starter button is pressed, along with the clutch pedal, the system recognises the transponder signal, releases the engine immobiliser and the steering lock, and the engine starts.
- In 1880 Alexander Graham Bell was granted a patent on an apparatus for signalling and communicating called a Photophone.