English Dictionary: signaling | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Schismless \Schism"less\, a. Free from schism. | |
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Sea snail \Sea" snail`\ (Zo[94]l.) (a) A small fish of the genus {Liparis}, having a ventral sucker. It lives among stones and seaweeds. (b) Any small creeping marine gastropod, as the species of Littorina, Natica, etc. | |
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Seasonal \Sea"son*al\, a. Of or pertaining to the seasons. | |
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{Seasonal dimorphism} (Zo[94]l.), the condition of having two distinct varieties which appear at different seasons, as certain species of butterflies in which the spring brood differs from the summer or autumnal brood. | |
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Seasonless \Sea"son*less\, a. Without succession of the seasons. | |
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Seismic \Seis"mic\, Seismal \Seis"mal\, a. [Gr. seismo`s an earthquake, from sei`ein to shake.] Of or pertaining to an earthquake; caused by an earthquake. {Seismic vertical}, the point upon the earth's surface vertically over the center of effort or focal point whence the earthquake's impulse proceeds, or the vertical line connecting these two points. | |
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Seismological \Seis`mo*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to seismology. -- {Seis`mo*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Seismological \Seis`mo*log"ic*al\, a. Of or pertaining to seismology. -- {Seis`mo*log"ic*al*ly}, adv. | |
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Seismology \Seis*mol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?][?][?] an earthquake + -logy.] The science of earthquakes. | |
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Sessional \Ses"sion*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a session or sessions. | |
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Sexennial \Sex*en"ni*al\, a. [L. sexennium a period of six years, sexennis of six years; sex six + annus a year. See {Six}, and {Annual}.] Lasting six years, or happening once in six years. -- n. A sexennial event. | |
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Sexennially \Sex*en"ni*al*ly\, adv. Once in six years. | |
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Signal \Sig"nal\, a. [From signal, n.: cf. F. signal[82].] 1. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence. As signal now in low, dejected state As erst in highest, behold him where he lies. --Milton. 2. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer. {The signal service}, a bureau of the government (in the United States connected with the War Department) organized to collect from the whole country simultaneous raports of local meteorological conditions, upon comparison of which at the central office, predictions concerning the weather are telegraphed to various sections, where they are made known by signals publicly displayed. {Signal station}, the place where a signal is displayed; specifically, an observation office of the signal service. Syn: Eminent; remarkable; memorable; extraordinary; notable; conspicuous. | |
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Signal \Sig"nal\, n. [F., fr. LL. signale, fr. L. signum. See {Sign}, n.] 1. A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action. All obeyed The wonted signal and superior voice Of this great potentate. --Milton. 2. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign. The weary sun . . . Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow. --Shak. There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen. --De Foc. | |
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Signal \Sig"nal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signaled or Signalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signaling} or {Signalling}.] 1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders. 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. | |
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Signal \Sig"nal\, a. [From signal, n.: cf. F. signal[82].] 1. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence. As signal now in low, dejected state As erst in highest, behold him where he lies. --Milton. 2. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer. {The signal service}, a bureau of the government (in the United States connected with the War Department) organized to collect from the whole country simultaneous raports of local meteorological conditions, upon comparison of which at the central office, predictions concerning the weather are telegraphed to various sections, where they are made known by signals publicly displayed. {Signal station}, the place where a signal is displayed; specifically, an observation office of the signal service. Syn: Eminent; remarkable; memorable; extraordinary; notable; conspicuous. | |
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Telegraph \Tel"e*graph\, n. [Gr. [?] far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + -graph: cf. F. t[82]l[82]graphe. See {Graphic}.] An apparatus, or a process, for communicating intelligence rapidly between distant points, especially by means of preconcerted visible or audible signals representing words or ideas, or by means of words and signs, transmitted by electrical action. Note: The instruments used are classed as indicator, type-printing, symbol-printing, or chemical-printing telegraphs, according as the intelligence is given by the movements of a pointer or indicator, as in Cooke & Wheatstone's (the form commonly used in England), or by impressing, on a fillet of paper, letters from types, as in House's and Hughe's, or dots and marks from a sharp point moved by a magnet, as in Morse's, or symbols produced by electro-chemical action, as in Bain's. In the offices in the United States the recording instrument is now little used, the receiving operator reading by ear the combinations of long and short intervals of sound produced by the armature of an electro-magnet as it is put in motion by the opening and breaking of the circuit, which motion, in registering instruments, traces upon a ribbon of paper the lines and dots used to represent the letters of the alphabet. See Illustration in Appendix. {Acoustic telegraph}. See under {Acoustic}. {Dial telegraph}, a telegraph in which letters of the alphabet and numbers or other symbols are placed upon the border of a circular dial plate at each station, the apparatus being so arranged that the needle or index of the dial at the receiving station accurately copies the movements of that at the sending station. {Electric telegraph}, [or] {Electro-magnetic telegraph}, a telegraph in which an operator at one station causes words or signs to be made at another by means of a current of electricity, generated by a battery and transmitted over an intervening wire. {Facsimile telegraph}. See under {Facsimile}. {Indicator telegraph}. See under {Indicator}. {Pan-telegraph}, an electric telegraph by means of which a drawing or writing, as an autographic message, may be exactly reproduced at a distant station. {Printing telegraph}, an electric telegraph which automatically prints the message as it is received at a distant station, in letters, not signs. {Signal telegraph}, a telegraph in which preconcerted signals, made by a machine, or otherwise, at one station, are seen or heard and interpreted at another; a semaphore. {Submarine telegraph cable}, a telegraph cable laid under water to connect stations separated by a body of water. {Telegraph cable}, a telegraphic cable consisting of several conducting wires, inclosed by an insulating and protecting material, so as to bring the wires into compact compass for use on poles, or to form a strong cable impervious to water, to be laid under ground, as in a town or city, or under water, as in the ocean. {Telegraph plant} (Bot.), a leguminous plant ({Desmodium gyrans}) native of the East Indies. The leaflets move up and down like the signals of a semaphore. | |
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Signal \Sig"nal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signaled or Signalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signaling} or {Signalling}.] 1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders. 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. | |
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Signal \Sig"nal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signaled or Signalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signaling} or {Signalling}.] 1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders. 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. | |
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Signalist \Sig"nal*ist\, n. One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals. | |
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Signality \Sig*nal"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being signal or remarkable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. | |
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Signalize \Sig"nal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signalizing}.] [From {Signal}, a.] 1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. 3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. | |
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Signalize \Sig"nal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signalizing}.] [From {Signal}, a.] 1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. 3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. | |
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Signalize \Sig"nal*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signalized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signalizing}.] [From {Signal}, a.] 1. To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish. It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke. 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. 3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. | |
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Signal \Sig"nal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signaled or Signalled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Signaling} or {Signalling}.] 1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders. 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. | |
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Signally \Sig"nal*ly\, adv. In a signal manner; eminently. | |
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Signalman \Sig"nal*man\, n.; pl. {-men}. A man whose business is to manage or display signals; especially, one employed in setting the signals by which railroad trains are run or warned. | |
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Signalment \Sig"nal*ment\, n. The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. --Mrs. Browning. | |
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Succinyl \Suc"cin*yl\, n. [Succinic + -yl.] (Chem.) A hypothetical radical characteristic of succinic acid and certain of its derivatives. | |
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Signal Hill, CA (city, FIPS 71876) Location: 33.80360 N, 118.16741 W Population (1990): 8371 (3670 housing units) Area: 5.8 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 90804, 90806, 90807 | |
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Signal Mountain, TN (town, FIPS 68540) Location: 35.13043 N, 85.34210 W Population (1990): 7034 (2718 housing units) Area: 13.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 37377 | |
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Six Mile, SC (town, FIPS 66760) Location: 34.80779 N, 82.81909 W Population (1990): 562 (206 housing units) Area: 4.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 29682 | |
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Six Mile Run, PA Zip code(s): 16679 | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
signal-to-noise ratio [from analog electronics] n. Used by hackers in a generalization of its technical meaning. `Signal' refers to useful information conveyed by some communications medium, and `noise' to anything else on that medium. Hence a low ratio implies that it is not worth paying attention to the medium in question. Figures for such metaphorical ratios are never given. The term is most often applied to {Usenet} newsgroups during {flame war}s. Compare {bandwidth}. See also {coefficient of X}, {lost in the noise}. | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
session layer seven layer model. The session layer uses the {transport layer} to establish a {connection} between processes on different {hosts}. It handles {security} and creation of the session. It is used by the {presentation layer}. Documents: {ITU} Rec. X.225 ({ISO} 8327), ITU Rec. X.215 (ISO 8326). [Examples?] (1997-12-07) | |
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]: | |
signal {Unix} {processes} or from the {kernel} to a process. Signals communicate the occurrence of unexpected external events such as the forced termination of a process by the user. Each signal has a unique number associated with it and each process has a signal handler set for each signal. Signals can be sent using the {kill} {system call}. (1996-12-10) | |
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SIGNAL {INRIA}. ["SIGNAL - A Data Flow-Oriented Language for Signal Processing," P. le Guernic, IEEE Trans Acoustics Speech & Signal Proc, ASSP-34(2):362-1986-04-374]. (1996-12-10) | |
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signal {Unix} {processes} or from the {kernel} to a process. Signals communicate the occurrence of unexpected external events such as the forced termination of a process by the user. Each signal has a unique number associated with it and each process has a signal handler set for each signal. Signals can be sent using the {kill} {system call}. (1996-12-10) | |
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SIGNAL {INRIA}. ["SIGNAL - A Data Flow-Oriented Language for Signal Processing," P. le Guernic, IEEE Trans Acoustics Speech & Signal Proc, ASSP-34(2):362-1986-04-374]. (1996-12-10) | |
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signalling rate {amplitude}, {frequency} or {phase} of the signal transmitted down a communications channel changes each second. The signalling rate is measured in {baud}. (1998-02-14) | |
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Signalling System 7 with, and control of, telephone central office switches and their attached processors. (1995-03-01) | |
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signal-to-noise ratio 1. refers to useful information conveyed by some communications medium, and "noise" to anything else on that medium. The ratio of these is usually expressed logarithmically, in {decibels}. 2. newsgroups though figures are never given. Here it is quite common to have more noise (inappropriate postings which contribute nothing) than signal (relevant, useful or interesting postings). The signal gets {lost in the noise} when it becomes too much effort to try to find interesting articles among all the crud. Posting "noise" is probably the worst breach of {netiquette} and is a waste of {bandwidth}. [{Jargon File}] (1996-01-29) |