signal
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- n any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
signals from the boat suddenly stopped - n any incitement to action
he awaited the signal to start
the victory was a signal for wild celebration - n an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes
- v communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs
The diner signaled the waiters to bring the menu - v be a signal for or a symptom of
The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued - s notably out of the ordinary
the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party
- In gay bars these days, the men's costumes, with their coded signals, are so elaborate that even habitues are beginning to get confused.
- In a sense, this signal is Tacan's compass needle.
- So van Lieshout and his colleagues decided to evaluate the impact of cell signals themselves; they tested the signals' effect on 61 medical devices and found that 26 (or 43%) were .