signal

Etymology
From, or ; noun use of the neuter of , from ; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s).

Noun

 * 1) A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.
 * 2) Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.
 * 3) A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.
 * 4) An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
 * 5)  An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.
 * My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station.
 * 1) An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.
 * 2) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
 * 3) Useful information, as opposed to noise.
 * 4)  A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
 * 5)  A signalling interaction between cells
 * 1) Useful information, as opposed to noise.
 * 2)  A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.
 * 3)  A signalling interaction between cells

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: إِشَارَة
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani: siqnal
 * Belarusian: сігна́л,
 * Bengali: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: signalo
 * Estonian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სიგნალი
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew:, סִיגְנָל
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hungarian:, , , ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: сигнал
 * Khmer:, ,
 * Korean:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Lao: ສັນຍານ
 * Latvian: signāls
 * Lithuanian:
 * Macedonian: сигнал
 * Malay:
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Mongolian: ᠳᠣᠬᠢᠶ᠎ᠠ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: signal
 * Nynorsk: signal
 * Ottoman Turkish: اشارت
 * Pashto:, سيګنل, زيګنال
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: сѝгна̄л
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: znamenie, signál
 * Slovene: signal
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tajik:, ишорат, сигнал
 * Telugu: (1),  (1, 2)
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Turkmen: signal
 * Ukrainian: сигна́л, знак
 * Urdu: اشاره
 * Uyghur: سىگنال
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, merkinantolaite
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: signal
 * Nynorsk: signal
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: semnal indicator,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: signalo
 * Finnish:
 * Galician:
 * Hungarian:,  ,  ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: signal
 * Nynorsk: signal
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese:


 * Esperanto: signalo
 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Indonesian:
 * Portuguese:


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 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
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Verb

 * 1)  To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal.
 * 2)  To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal.
 * Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters.
 * 1)  To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal.
 * Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters.
 * Seeing the flames, he ran to the control room and signalled headquarters.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: give, signalere
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σημειόω
 * Hungarian:, jelt ad, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Lithuanian: signalizuoti
 * Maori: rota, rotarota , whakapua , hū
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: sincalijari, sinnari, nnicari
 * Spanish:

Adjective

 * 1) Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.
 * a signal exploit; a signal success; a signal act of benevolence

Synonyms

 * ,, ; see also Thesaurus:important or Thesaurus:notable

Related terms

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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
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Etymology
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Etymology
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Noun

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Etymology
From, or , noun use of the neuter of , from.

Noun

 * 1) signal