signal

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From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle, noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

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signal (plural signals)

  1. An indication given to another person.
  2. An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.
  3. (of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc) An electrical or 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.
    I cannot get a signal.
  4. Useful information.
  5. (computing, Unix) A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.

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  • (useful information): noise

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signal (third-person singular simple present signals, present participle signalling (UK) or signaling (US), simple past and past participle signalled (UK) or signaled (US))

  1. To indicate.

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signal (not comparable)

  1. Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

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French [edit]

Etymology [edit]

Re-latinization of Old French segnal, from Medieval Latin signale, from Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

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signal m (plural signaux)

  1. signal

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Serbo-Croatian [edit]

Pronunciation [edit]

  • IPA: /sǐɡnaːl/
  • Hyphenation: sig‧nal

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sìgnāl m (Cyrillic spelling сѝгна̄л)

  1. signal

Vilamovian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle, noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum.

Noun [edit]

signal n (plural signale)

  1. signal