Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - signal
Signal
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1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a usu. prearranged sign conveying information, guidance, etc. esp. at a distance (waved as a signal to begin). b a message made up of such signs (signals made with flags). 2 an immediate occasion or cause of movement, action, etc. (the uprising was a signal for repression). 3 Electr. a an electrical impulse or impulses or radio waves transmitted as a signal. b a sequence of these. 4 a light, semaphore, etc., on a railway giving instructions or warnings to train-drivers etc. 5 Bridge a prearranged mode of bidding or play to convey information to one's partner. --v. (signalled, signalling; US signaled, signaling) 1 intr. make signals. 2 tr. a (often foll. by to + infin.) make signals to; direct. b transmit (an order, information, etc.) by signal; announce (signalled her agreement; signalled that the town had been taken). Phrases and idioms signal-book a list of signals arranged for sending esp. naval and military messages. signal-box Brit. a building beside a railway track from which signals are controlled. signal of distress esp. Naut. an appeal for help, esp. from a ship by firing guns. signal-tower US = signal-box. Derivatives signaller n. Etymology: ME f. OF f. Rmc & med.L signale neut. of LL signalis f. L signum SIGN 2. adj. remarkably good or bad; noteworthy (a signal victory). Derivatives signally adv. Etymology: F signal{eacute} f. It. past part. segnalato distinguished f. segnale SIGNAL(1)
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I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin ~e, from Late Latin, neuter of ~is of a sign, from Latin signum Date: 14th century sign, indication, 2. an act, event, or watchword that has been agreed on as the occasion of concerted action, something that incites to action, something (as a sound, gesture, or object) that conveys notice or warning, 4. an object used to transmit or convey information beyond the range of human voice, the sound or image conveyed in telegraphy, telephony, radio, radar, or television, a detectable physical quantity or impulse (as a voltage, current, or magnetic field strength) by which messages or information can be transmitted, II. verb (~ed or ~led; ~ing or ~ling) Date: 1805 transitive verb to notify by a ~ , 2. to communicate or indicate by or as if by ~s , to constitute a characteristic feature of (a meaningful linguistic form), intransitive verb to make or send a ~, ~er or ~ler noun III. adjective Etymology: modification of French ~é, past participle of ~er to distinguish, from Old Italian segnalare to ~, distinguish, from segnale ~, from Medieval Latin ~e Date: 1627 distinguished from the ordinary ; notable ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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