signal 
sig·nal (sig′nəl)
noun
- Now Rare a token or indication
- a sign or event fixed or understood as the occasion for prearranged combined action a bugle signal to attack
- anything which occasions a certain action or response
- a sign given by gesture, flashing light, etc. to convey a command, direction, warning, etc.
- an object or device, as a red flag, flashing light, etc., providing such a sign
- in some card games, a bid or play designed to guide one's partner
- in telegraphy, radio, television, etc., the electrical impulses, sound or picture elements, etc. transmitted or received
- Football code words, numbers, etc. called out, esp. by the quarterback, to indicate which play or defense to use next
Etymology: OFr < VL signale < neut. of LL signalis < L signum, a sign
adjective
- not average or ordinary; remarkable; notable
- used as a signal or in signaling
transitive verb -·naled or -·nalled, -·nal·ing or -·nal·ling
- to make a signal or signals to
- to make known or communicate (information) by signals
intransitive verb
to make a signal or signals
signal
v.
Object
- pathway: We are currently studying the role of these isoforms in different intracellular signaling pathways.
Converse of object
- transmit: The system transmits the sound signal to the person's hearing aid.
- send: He went to see Sir William Preece, who had also been working on the problem of sending Morse signals by wireless.
- amplify: We have implemented and evaluated the first on-line intelligent wavelet filter to amplify embolic signals building on our previous work in detection.
Adjective modifier
- electrical: These fibers pass the electrical signals along to our brain where they are processed into the image we are looking at.
- analog: The sample temperature is also available in the form of an analog signal.
- audio: How do I change the group to view from an embedded audio signal?
- incoming: A front panel REC control allows you to record incoming signals, too!
- digital: What devices are out there to record direct digital signal?
- acoustic: Substantial evidence exists which shows that multiple articulatory configurations are able to produce the same acoustic signal.
Modifies a noun
- transduction: For a long time now I have been interested in the way signal transduction pathways process information during cell interactions.
- processing: Digital signal processing can be applied to these stored values to modify the characteristics of the signal.
- strength: A balloon will pop-up from the System Tray advising you of the network you have connected to and the signal strength.
- handler: Topics covered include theory of signals and callbacks, data types, signal handlers, and widgets.
- box: An eastward view from 12th February 2005 reveals the layout's oldest building: the signal box of 1929 origin.
Noun used with modifier
- analog: I have heard of a people also feeding the analog signal to a suitable input on ( selected!
- semaphore: This one does still have semaphore signals, as can be seen in the background of the picture.
- radio: The under floor heating is controlled using radio signals being received by aerials in the roof, connected to the BMS system.
- traffic: How do I report a problem with traffic signals?
Preposition: from
- transmitter: I have read on some posts that it may have something to do with MCE getting confused with signals from transmitters and the EPG.
Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, Only a signal shown and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, Only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence.
You know,Foley,I have onlyone eyeöI have a right to be blind sometimes I really do not see the signal.
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