Signal

What do we mean by signal?

An indicator, such as a gesture or colored light, that serves as a means of communication. synonym: gesture. noun

A message communicated by such means. noun

Something that incites action. noun

An impulse or fluctuating quantity, as of electrical voltage or light intensity, whose variations represent coded information. noun

A sequence of digital values whose variations represent coded information. noun

The sound, image, or message transmitted or received by means of telecommunications. noun

Notably out of the ordinary. adjective

To make a signal to. intransitive verb

To relate or make known by signals. intransitive verb

To cause an effect in (a cell) by the release of a chemical, such as a neurotransmitter or hormone. intransitive verb

To make a signal or signals. intransitive verb

To mark with a sign.

To communicate or make known by a signal or by signals: as, to signal orders; a vessel signals its arrival.

To make signals to: as, the vessel signaled the forts.

To he a sign or omen.

To give a signal or signals; make communication by signals.

In whist, any method of showing that the player wants trumps led. See trumps signal. noun

A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.

Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.

A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.

An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.

(of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) 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.

An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.

A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.

Useful information, as opposed to noise.

A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.

A signalling interaction between cells

Words that are spelled similarly to signal:
signal, sinal, signa, signac, sigal.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word signal:
transduction, uhf, vhf, analog, modulation, amplitude, peptide, transmitter, amplifier, processing, bandwidth, signalling, antenna, frequency, noise, transmitted, detector, distortion, filter, box, boxes, channel, pulse, receiver, signaling, virtual, interference, voltage, digital, watts, input, processor, pathway, output, detection, detected, transmission, receptor, audio, corps, transform, optical, cable, display, carrier, delay, spectrum, intensity, wireless, radar, strength, transition, battalion, satellite, stations, clock, protein, shut, error, proteins, ratio, danger, domain, beam, loop, channels, broadcasting, switch, reaches, reception, lights, coverage, device, communications, phase, affiliate, programming, relocated, train, measured, electrical, linear, sequence.

Words that rhyme with signal:
alliedsignal, wignall.

Adjectives that are often used to describe signal:
electrical, received, digital, original, audio, clear, high, incoming, transmitted, strong, low, modulated, acoustic, optical, busy, weak, composite, continuous, sinusoidal, positive, electric, external, sound, periodic, prearranged, electronic, visual, light, negative, random, maximum, measured, red, sampled, nuclear, audible, appropriate, complex, ready, green, corresponding, preconcerted, stronger, useful, recorded, distant, interrupt, observed, constant, applied, auditory, wave, detectable, differential, time, typical, resultant, noisy, level, bright, wrong, fluorescent, secret, mixed.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective signal:
noise, transduction, processing, intensity, strength, victory, success, power, detection, light, pathways, transmission, level, flow, analysis, model, quality, lights, service, amplitude, theory, failure, gain, circuit, frequency, triumph, loss, defeat, fires, voltage, flags, importance, amplification, lines, changes, levels, generator, conditioning, guns, fire, flag, services, event, honor, parameters, distortion, ability, box, ratio, molecules, energy, propagation, events, source, vengeance, station, generation, characteristics, frequencies, applications, attenuation, circuits, stations, reception, input, intensities, honour, generators, response, techniques, victories, equipment, background, anxiety, proof, officer, boxes, void, current, peptides, output, gun, operation, models, sequences, amplifiers, lamps, averaging, components.

Words that sound like signal:
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