Signal

(noun.) any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message; 'signals from the boat suddenly stopped'.

(noun.) any incitement to action; 'he awaited the signal to start'; 'the victory was a signal for wild celebration'.

(noun.) an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes.

(adj.) notably out of the ordinary; 'the year saw one signal triumph for the Labour party' .

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• Then came the electric bell signal and automatic selector attachments. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Here the official time was taken by officers of the Signal Corps. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• We found the ship in the river, surrounded by a crowd of boats; a favourable wind blowing; the signal for sailing at her mast-head. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The carbon being only slightly compressed will offer considerable resistance to the flow of current from the local battery, and therefore the signal on the local sounder will be weak. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Mr. Chadband, at last seeing his opportunity, makes his accustomed signal and rises with a smoking head, which he dabs with his pocket-handkerchief. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• At a signal from Dak Kova the doors of two cages were thrown open and a dozen green Martian females were driven to the center of the arena. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
• Upon this signal, the youngest of her daughters put herself forward. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• It was not, however, till the invention of telegraphs that anything approaching to the means of holding regular communication by signals was attained. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• By means of signals they could be informed where to direct their shots. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The signals of his telegraph consisted of the bubbles of gas arising from the decomposition of water, during the action of the electric current. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Those are signals--it is their way--the attack must be near. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• The day before the convention met Morse had arranged with Vail that certain signals should mean that certain candidates had been nominated. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• As this causes a loud repetition of the original signals, it will be seen that relaying is an economic method of extending a telegraph circuit beyond the natural limits of its battery power. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The drill of the student involved chiefly the acquisition of the special signals employed in railway work, including the numerals and abbreviations applied to save time. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Where Judy Trenor led, all the world would follow; and Lily had the doomed sense of the castaway who has signalled in vain to fleeing sails. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• He immediately signalled to the cruiser to send water, medicine, and provisions, and another boat made the perilous trip to the Arrow. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
• They then signalled the fort, announcing their arrival. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Then he groped in the darkness of the carriage for the little bell that signalled orders to the coachman. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• All this time McClernand's 10,000 men were huddled together on the transports in the stream ready to attempt a landing if signalled. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I immediately signalled the Admiral and went aboard his ship. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• I saw a carriage coming down the street and signalled to the driver. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The train, and also each signalling station, was equipped with regulation telegraph apparatus, such as battery, key, relay, and sounder, together with induction-coil and condenser. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• One day, thinking he might be confined in a room facing the office, I put my arm out of the window and kept signalling dots and dashes by the movement of the arm. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Ah--and there were the ladies signalling from the balcony of the hotel. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The train and also each signalling station were equipped with regulation telegraphic apparatus, such as battery, key, relay, and sounder, together with induction-coil and condenser. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• Cavallo, who suggested the setting fire to combustibles, or the explosion of detonating substances, as the means of signalling intelligence. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• Every day, in all weathers, from two to four, always signalling, sometimes with the little one, sometimes without. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 双城记.

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