signal

  • 51signal — 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,… …

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  • 52signal.h — Стандартная библиотека языка программирования С assert.h complex.h ctype.h errno.h fenv.h float.h inttypes.h iso646.h limits.h locale.h math.h setjmp.h signal.h stdarg.h stdbool.h stddef.h …

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  • 53signal — signaler; esp. Brit. signaller, n. /sig nl/, n., adj., v., signaled, signaling or (esp. Brit.) signalled, signalling. n. 1. anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic… …

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  • 54Signal — Sig·na̲l das; s, e; 1 ein Signal (für etwas) etwas, das dazu dient, jemandem eine Warnung, eine Information oder einen Befehl zu geben, z.B. ein bestimmter Ton oder eine bestimmte Handlung ≈ ↑Zeichen (4) <ein akustisches, optisches Signal;… …

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  • 55signal*/*/*/ — [ˈsɪgn(ə)l] noun [C] I 1) a movement or sound that is made by someone and has a special meaning for another person We waited for them to give us the signal to move.[/ex] 2) a fact, event, or action that shows what someone intends to do, or that… …

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  • 56signal — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin signale, from Late Latin, neuter of signalis of a sign, from Latin signum Date: 14th century 1. sign, indication 2. a. an act, event, or watchword that has been agreed on as the occasion of… …

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  • 57Signal 2 — Infobox Radio Station name = Signal 2 city = area = Staffordshire Cheshire branding = slogan = airdate = September 14 1992 frequency = 1170 kHz DAB share = 2.5% share as of = September 2007 share source =… …

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  • 58signal — /ˈsɪgnəl / (say signuhl) noun 1. a gesture, act, light, etc., serving to warn, direct, command, or the like. 2. anything agreed upon or understood as the occasion for concerted action. 3. an act, event, or the like, which precipitates an action:… …

  • 59signal — 01. When I point to you, that s the [signal] to begin. 02. I hate it when people turn without [signaling]. 03. The teacher [signaled] to the child to sit down. 04. The bombing was a clear [signal] that the peace talks had failed. 05. The linesman …

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  • 60signal — [16] Latin signālis meant ‘of a sign’ (it was derived from signum ‘mark, token’, source of English sign). It came to be used as a noun, and passed via medieval Latin signāle into Old French as seignal. This was later relatinized into signal, in… …

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