Meaning

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

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

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

    Signal

    сигна́лsignál, знакznak

    сигна́лsyhnál, знакznak

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

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

    A railway signal.

  6. (Internet, TV, usually)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.

    My mobile phone can't get a signal in the railway station.

    сигна́лsignál

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

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

    Signal

    знакznak, семафо́рsemafór

  9. Useful information, as opposed to noise.

    сигна́лsignál

  10. (Unix)A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.

    сигна́лsignál

  11. A signalling interaction between cells

More definitions
  • any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message
  • any incitement to action
  • an electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

Examples

242 sentences
  1. We must pay attention to traffic signals.

    Нам треба звертати увагу на сигнал світлофора. — Internecivus

    ruМы должны уделять внимание сигналам светофора. — odexed

    deWir müssen die Ampel beachten. — PeterR

  2. I'll raise my hand as a signal.

    Я підніму руку в якості сигналу. — deniko

    ruЯ подниму руку в качестве сигнала. — odexed

  3. Don't cross the road when the signal is red.

    Не переходьте вулицю на червоне світло. — aandrusiak

    ruНе переходи дорогу на красный свет. — sigavax

  4. The signal was red.

    Сигнал був червоний. — deniko

    ruСигнал был красный. — Balamax

    deDas Signal war rot. — Manfredo

  5. We'll wait for the signal.

    Ми чекатимемо на сигнал. — deniko

    ruМы будем ждать сигнала. — sharptoothed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
sign made to give notice:
Русский
By meaning 2
sign made to give notice:
device to give indication:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sign made to give notice:

Origin

From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late

From Old French segnal, seignal or Medieval Latin signāle; noun use of the neuter of Late Latin signālis, from Latin signum; verb use from 1805, as a shortened from signalize (1650s). Doublet of signum and sign.

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