semaphoric

Variant of semaphore

semaphore definition

sema·phore (sem′ə fôr′)

noun

  1. any apparatus for signaling, as the arrangement of lights, flags, and mechanical arms on railroads
  2. a system of signaling by the use of two flags, one held in each hand: the letters of the alphabet are represented by the various positions of the arms
  3. any system of signaling by semaphore

Etymology: Fr sémaphore < Gr sēma, sign (see semantic) + -phoros: see -phore

transitive verb, intransitive verb semaphored -·phored′, semaphoring -·phor′·ing

to signal by semaphore

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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