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slovo definícia SIGNA (bouvier) SIGNA, civil law. Those species of indicia (q.v.) which come more immediately under the cognizance of the senses, such as stains of blood on the person of one accused of murder, indications of terror at being charged with the offence, and the like. 2. Signa, although not to be rejected as instruments of evidence, cannot always be relied upon as conclusive evidence, for they are frequently explained away; in the instance mentioned the blood may have been that of a beast, and expressions of terror have been frequently manifested by innocent persons who did not possess much firmness. See Best on Pres. 13, n. f.; Denisart, h.v.

podobné slovo definícia designate (mass) designate - menovať, označiť, stanoviť, určiť designation (mass) designation - ustanovenie resignation (mass) resignation - odovzdanosť, odstúpenie, rezignácia signal (mass) signal - signál signaltonoise (mass) signal-to-noise - odstup signálu od šumu signature (mass) signature - signatúra, značka, podpis Assignability (gcide) Assignability \As*sign`a*bil"i*ty\, n. The quality of being assignable. [1913 Webster] Assignable (gcide) Assignable \As*sign"a*ble\, a. Capable of being assigned, allotted, specified, or designated; as, an assignable note or bill; an assignable reason; an assignable quantity. [1913 Webster] Assignat (gcide) Assignat \As`si`gnat"\ (?; 277), n. [F. assignat, fr. L. assignatus, p. p. of assignare.] One of the notes, bills, or bonds, issued as currency by the revolutionary government of France (1790-1796), and based on the security of the lands of the church and of nobles which had been appropriated by the state. [1913 Webster] Assignation (gcide) Assignation \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.] 1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. [1913 Webster] This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. [1913 Webster] While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. [1913 Webster] House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled. [1913 Webster] Bathymaster signatus (gcide) Ronchil \Ron"chil\, n. [Cf. Sp. ronquillo slightly hoarse.] (Zool.) An American marine food fish (Bathymaster signatus) of the North Pacific coast, allied to the tilefish. [Written also ronquil.] [1913 Webster] Block signal (gcide) Block signal \Block signal\ (Railroads) One of the danger signals or safety signals which guide the movement of trains in a block system. The signal is often so coupled with a switch that act of opening or closing the switch operates the signal also. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Carcharhinus signatus (gcide) Shark \Shark\ (sh[aum]rk), n. [Of uncertain origin; perhaps through OF. fr. carcharus a kind of dogfish, Gr. karchari`as, so called from its sharp teeth, fr. ka`rcharos having sharp or jagged teeth; or perhaps named from its rapacity (cf. Shark, v. t. & i.); cf. Corn. scarceas.] 1. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of elasmobranch fishes of the order Plagiostomi, found in all seas. [1913 Webster] Note: Some sharks, as the basking shark and the whale shark, grow to an enormous size, the former becoming forty feet or more, and the latter sixty feet or more, in length. Most of them are harmless to man, but some are exceedingly voracious. The man-eating sharks mostly belong to the genera Carcharhinus, Carcharodon, and related genera. They have several rows of large sharp teeth with serrated edges, as the great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias or Carcharodon Rondeleti) of tropical seas, and the great blue shark (Carcharhinus glaucus syn. Prionace glauca) of all tropical and temperate seas. The former sometimes becomes thirty-six feet long, and is the most voracious and dangerous species known. The rare man-eating shark of the United States coast (Carcharodon Atwoodi) is thought by some to be a variety, or the young, of Carcharodon carcharias. The dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) is a common species on the coast of the United States of moderate size and not dangerous. It feeds on shellfish and bottom fishes. [1913 Webster] Note: The original 1913 Webster also mentioned a "smaller blue shark (C. caudatus)", but this species could not be found mentioned on the Web (August 2002). The following is a list of Atlantic Ocean sharks: * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Common and Scientific Names of Atlantic Sharks * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * from "Our Living Oceans 1995" (published by the National Printing Office): NMFS. 1999. Our Living Oceans. Report on the status of U.S. living marine resources, 1999. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-F/SPO-41, on-line version, http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/olo99.htm. (the following list is found at at http://spo.nwr.noaa.gov/app5.pdf) (1) Pelagic Sharks Thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) Bigeye thresher (Alopias superciliosus) Oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharhinus longimanus) Sevengill shark (Heptrachias perlo) Sixgill shark (Hexanchus griseus) Bigeye sixgill shark (Hexanchus vitulus) Shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) Longfin mako (Isurus paucus) Porbeagle (Lamna nasus) Blue shark (Prionace glauca) (2)Large Coastal Sharks Sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus) Reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) Blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus) Dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) Spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna) Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas) Bignose shark (Carcharhinus altimus) Galapagos shark (Carcharhinus galapagensis) Night shark (Carcharhinus signatus) White shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) Tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier) Nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) Lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) Ragged-tooth shark (Odontaspis ferox) Whale shark (Rhincodon typus) Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini) Great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) Smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) (3) Small Coastal Sharks Finetooth shark (Carcharhinus isodon) Blacknose shark (Carcharhinus acronotus) Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon erraenovae) Caribbean sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon porosus) Bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo) Atlantic angel shark (Squatina dumeril) [PJC] 2. A rapacious, artful person; a sharper. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 3. Trickery; fraud; petty rapine; as, to live upon the shark. [Obs.] --South. [1913 Webster] Basking shark, Liver shark, Nurse shark, Oil shark, Sand shark, Tiger shark, etc. See under Basking, Liver, etc. See also Dogfish, Houndfish, Notidanian, and Tope. Gray shark, the sand shark. Hammer-headed shark. See Hammerhead. Port Jackson shark. See Cestraciont. Shark barrow, the eggcase of a shark; a sea purse. Shark ray. Same as Angel fish (a), under Angel. Thrasher shark or Thresher shark, a large, voracious shark. See Thrasher. Whale shark, a huge harmless shark (Rhinodon typicus) of the Indian Ocean. It becomes sixty feet or more in length, but has very small teeth. [1913 Webster] Consignatary (gcide) Consignatary \Con*sig"na*ta*ry\, n. [Cf. Consignitary.] A consignee. [Obs.] --Jenkins. [1913 Webster] Consignation (gcide) Consignation \Con`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. consignatio written proof, document: cf. F. consignation comsignation.] 1. The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. The act of ratifying or establishing, as if by signing; confirmation; ratification. [1913 Webster] A direct consignation of pardon. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 3. A stamp; an indication; a sign. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Consignatory (gcide) Consignatory \Con*sig"na*to*ry\, n. [Cf. Consignitary.] One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. --Fallows. [1913 Webster] Consignature (gcide) Consignature \Con*sig"na*ture\; 135), n. Joint signature. [R.] --Colgrave. [1913 Webster] Counter signal (gcide) Counter \Coun"ter\, a. Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. "Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle." --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Counter approach (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers. See Approach. Counter bond (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one who has given bond for another. Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary. Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys, invalidates, or alters, a public deed. Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.] Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through. Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture. Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure. Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication. Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister, a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in moral as in physical diseases." --Macaulay. Counter irritation (Med.), the act or the result of applying a counter irritant. Counter opening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place. Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password, given in time of alarm as a signal. Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. --Cowell. Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction to some other opposing pressure. Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brought forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of a treaty. --Swift. Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate. Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one, and restoring a former state of things. Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a counter revolution. Counter round (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels. Counter sea (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction from the wind. Counter sense, opposite meaning. Counter signal, a signal to answer or correspond to another. Counter signature, the name of a secretary or other officer countersigned to a writing. --Tooke. Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a counter slope. --Mahan. Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or denial of, another statement. Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security. Counter tally, a tally corresponding to another. Counter tide, contrary tide. [1913 Webster] Counter signature (gcide) Counter \Coun"ter\, a. Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. "Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle." --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Counter approach (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers. See Approach. Counter bond (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one who has given bond for another. Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary. Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys, invalidates, or alters, a public deed. Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.] Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through. Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture. Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure. Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication. Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister, a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in moral as in physical diseases." --Macaulay. Counter irritation (Med.), the act or the result of applying a counter irritant. Counter opening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place. Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password, given in time of alarm as a signal. Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. --Cowell. Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction to some other opposing pressure. Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brought forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of a treaty. --Swift. Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate. Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one, and restoring a former state of things. Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a counter revolution. Counter round (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels. Counter sea (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction from the wind. Counter sense, opposite meaning. Counter signal, a signal to answer or correspond to another. Counter signature, the name of a secretary or other officer countersigned to a writing. --Tooke. Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a counter slope. --Mahan. Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or denial of, another statement. Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security. Counter tally, a tally corresponding to another. Counter tide, contrary tide. [1913 Webster] countersignature (gcide) countersignature \countersignature\ n. a second confirming signature endorsing a document already signed. Syn: countersign. [WordNet 1.5] Designable (gcide) Designable \Des"ig*na*ble\, a. Capable of being designated or distinctly marked out; distinguishable. --Boyle. [1913 Webster] Designate (gcide) Designate \Des"ig*nate\, a. [L. designatus, p. p. of designare. See Design, v. t.] Designated; appointed; chosen. [R.] --Sir G. Buck. [1913 Webster]Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.] 1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested. [1913 Webster] 2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. [1913 Webster] 3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe. [1913 Webster] Designated (gcide) Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.] 1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested. [1913 Webster] 2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. [1913 Webster] 3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe. [1913 Webster] Designating (gcide) Designate \Des"ig*nate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Designated; p. pr. & vb. n. Designating.] 1. To mark out and make known; to point out; to name; to indicate; to show; to distinguish by marks or description; to specify; as, to designate the boundaries of a country; to designate the rioters who are to be arrested. [1913 Webster] 2. To call by a distinctive title; to name. [1913 Webster] 3. To indicate or set apart for a purpose or duty; -- with to or for; as, to designate an officer for or to the command of a post or station. Syn: To name; denominate; style; entitle; characterize; describe. [1913 Webster] Designation (gcide) Designation \Des`ig*na"tion\, n. [L. designatio: cf. F. d['e]signation.] 1. The act of designating; a pointing out or showing; indication. [1913 Webster] 2. Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction. [1913 Webster] 3. That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation. [1913 Webster] The usual designation of the days of the week. --Whewell. [1913 Webster] 4. Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase. [1913 Webster] Finite and infinite seem . . . to be attributed primarily, in their first designation, only to those things which have parts. --Locke. [1913 Webster] Designative (gcide) Designative \Des"ig*na*tive\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]signatif.] Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out. [1913 Webster] Designator (gcide) Designator \Des"ig*na`tor\, n. [L.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. [1913 Webster] 2. One who designates. [1913 Webster] Designatory (gcide) Designatory \Des"ig*na*to*ry\, a. Serving to designate; designative; indicating. [R.] [1913 Webster] Eugonia subsignaria (gcide) Elm \Elm\, n. [AS. elm; akin to D. olm, OHG. elm, G. ulme, Icel. almr, Dan. & Sw. alm, L. ulmus, and E. alder. Cf. Old.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Ulmus, of several species, much used as a shade tree, particularly in America. The English elm is Ulmus campestris; the common American or white elm is {U. Americana}; the slippery or red elm, U. fulva. [1913 Webster] Elm beetle (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles (esp. Galeruca calmariensis), which feed on the leaves of the elm. Elm borer (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of beetles of which the larv[ae] bore into the wood or under the bark of the elm (esp. Saperda tridentata). Elm butterfly (Zo["o]l.), one of several species of butterflies, which, in the caterpillar state, feed on the leaves of the elm (esp. Vanessa antiopa and {Grapta comma}). See Comma butterfly, under Comma. Elm moth (Zo["o]l.), one of numerous species of moths of which the larv[ae] destroy the leaves of the elm (esp. Eugonia subsignaria, called elm spanworm). Elm sawfly (Zo["o]l.), a large sawfly (Cimbex Americana). The larva, which is white with a black dorsal stripe, feeds on the leaves of the elm. [1913 Webster] fog signal (gcide) fog signal \fog signal\ n. a loud low warning sound that can be heard by fog-bound ships; a foghorn. Syn: foghorn. [WordNet 1.5] Frost signal (gcide) Frost signal \Frost" sig`nal\ (Meteor.) A signal consisting of a white flag with a black center, used by the United States Weather Bureau to indicate that a local frost is expected. It is used only in Florida and along the coasts of the Pacific and the Gulf Mexico. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] House of assignation (gcide) Assignation \As`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. assignatio, fr. assignare: cf. F. assignation.] 1. The act of assigning or allotting; apportionment. [1913 Webster] This order being taken in the senate, as touching the appointment and assignation of those provinces. --Holland. [1913 Webster] 2. An appointment of time and place for meeting or interview; -- used chiefly of love interviews, and now commonly in a bad sense. [1913 Webster] While nymphs take treats, or assignations give. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 3. A making over by transfer of title; assignment. [1913 Webster] House of assignation, a house in which appointments for sexual intercourse are fulfilled. [1913 Webster] Hypsignathus monstrosus (gcide) Hammerhead \Ham"mer*head`\ (-h[e^]d`), n. 1. (Zool.) A shark of the genus Sphyrna or Zyg[ae]na, having the eyes set on projections from the sides of the head, which gives it a hammer shape. The {Sphyrna zyg[ae]na} is found in the North Atlantic. Called also hammer fish, and balance fish. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) A fresh-water fish; the stone-roller. [1913 Webster] 3. (Zool.) An African fruit bat (Hypsignathus monstrosus); -- so called from its large blunt nozzle. [1913 Webster] Obsignate (gcide) Obsignate \Ob*sig"nate\, v. t. [L. obsignated, p. p. of obsignare to seal. See Ob-, and Sign.] To seal; to ratify. [Obs.] --Barrow. [1913 Webster] Obsignation (gcide) Obsignation \Ob`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. obsignatio.] The act of sealing or ratifying; the state of being sealed or confirmed; confirmation, as by the Holy Spirit. [1913 Webster] The spirit of manifestation will but upbraid you in the shame and horror of a sad eternity, if you have not the spirit of obsignation. --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] Obsignatory (gcide) Obsignatory \Ob*sig"na*to*ry\, a. Ratifying; confirming by sealing. [Obs.] --Samuel Ward (1643) [1913 Webster] Predesignate (gcide) Predesignate \Pre*des"ig*nate\, a. (Logic) A term used by Sir William Hamilton to define propositions having their quantity indicated by a verbal sign; as, all, none, etc.; -- contrasted with preindesignate, defining propositions of which the quantity is not so indicated. [1913 Webster] Preindesignate (gcide) Preindesignate \Pre`in*des"ig*nate\, a. (Logic.) Having no sign expressive of quantity; indefinite. See Predesignate. [1913 Webster] Resignation (gcide) Resignation \Res`ig*na"tion\ (r[e^]z`[i^]g*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [F. r['e]signation. See Resign.] 1. The act of resigning or giving up, as a claim, possession, office, or the like; surrender; as, the resignation of a crown or commission. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being resigned or submissive; quiet or patient submission; unresisting acquiescence; as, resignation to the will and providence of God. [1913 Webster] Syn: Patience; surrender; relinquishment; forsaking; abandonment; abdication; renunciation; submission; acquiescence; endurance. See Patience. [1913 Webster] rhythmical signature (gcide) Time signature \Time signature\ (Music) A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] Signable (gcide) Signable \Sign"a*ble\, a. Suitable to be signed; requiring signature; as, a legal document signable by a particular person. [1913 Webster] Signal (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] All obeyed The wonted signal and superior voice Of this great potentate. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign; anything taken as evidence of some process. [1913 Webster +PJC] The weary sun . . . Gives signal of a goodly day to-morrow. --Shak. [1913 Webster] There was not the least signal of the calamity to be seen. --De Foc. [1913 Webster] 3. Hence: (Electronics) A measureable electrical quantity, such as voltage or current, that conveys information by varying in magnitude over time; as, the signals from the strongest commercial radio stations can be received over hundreds of miles. [PJC] Signal to noise ratioSignal \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. [1913 Webster] 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster]Signal \Sig"nal\, a. [From signal, n.: cf. F. signal['e].] 1. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence. [1913 Webster] As signal now in low, dejected state As erst in highest, behold him where he lies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Eminent; remarkable; memorable; extraordinary; notable; conspicuous. [1913 Webster] Signal station (gcide) Signal \Sig"nal\, a. [From signal, n.: cf. F. signal['e].] 1. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence. [1913 Webster] As signal now in low, dejected state As erst in highest, behold him where he lies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Eminent; remarkable; memorable; extraordinary; notable; conspicuous. [1913 Webster] Signal telegraph (gcide) Telegraph \Tel"e*graph\, n. [Gr. ? far, far off (cf. Lith. toli) + -graph: cf. F. t['e]l['e]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. [1913 Webster] 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, and {Morse code}. [1913 Webster] Note: In 1837, Samuel F. B. Morse, an American artist, devised a working electric telegraph, based on a rough knowledge of electrical circuits, electromagnetic induction coils, and a scheme to encode alphabetic letters. He and his collaborators and backers campaigned for years before persuading the federal government to fund a demonstration. Finally, on May 24, 1844, they sent the first official long-distance telegraphic message in Morse code, "What hath God wrought," through a copper wire strung between Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland. The phrase was taken from the Bible, Numbers 23:23. It had been suggested to Morse by Annie Ellworth, the young daughter of a friend. --Library of Congress, American Memories series (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/may24.html). [PJC] 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. [1913 Webster] Signal to noise (gcide) Signal to noise ratio \Sig"nal to noise" ra`ti*o\, Signal to noise \Sig"nal to noise"\, n. (Electronics, Information science, Experimental science) The ratio of the intensity of a signal[2] to the background noise detected by a measuring instrument, especially in a communications channel; the higher the ratio, the more accurately the information contained can be interpreted. The term is applied not only to human communications, but to the detection of information in any system that is being studied to gain knowledge; as, the signal-to-noise ratio of light signals in older optic fibers drops to an unusable level after several miles.. [PJC] Signal to noise ratio (gcide) Signal to noise ratio \Sig"nal to noise" ra`ti*o\, Signal to noise \Sig"nal to noise"\, n. (Electronics, Information science, Experimental science) The ratio of the intensity of a signal[2] to the background noise detected by a measuring instrument, especially in a communications channel; the higher the ratio, the more accurately the information contained can be interpreted. The term is applied not only to human communications, but to the detection of information in any system that is being studied to gain knowledge; as, the signal-to-noise ratio of light signals in older optic fibers drops to an unusable level after several miles.. [PJC] Signaled or Signalled (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Signaling (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Signalist (gcide) Signalist \Sig"nal*ist\, n. One who makes signals; one who communicates intelligence by means of signals. [1913 Webster] Signality (gcide) Signality \Sig*nal"i*ty\, n. The quality or state of being signal or remarkable. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Signalize (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. [1913 Webster] 3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. [1913 Webster] Signalized (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. [1913 Webster] 3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. [1913 Webster] Signalizing (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] It is this passion which drives men to all the ways we see in use of signalizing themselves. --Burke. [1913 Webster] 2. To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort. [1913 Webster] 3. To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer. [1913 Webster] Signalling (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] 2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Signally (gcide) Signally \Sig"nal*ly\, adv. In a signal manner; eminently. [1913 Webster] Signalman (gcide) 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. [1913 Webster] Signalment (gcide) Signalment \Sig"nal*ment\, n. The act of signaling, or of signalizing; hence, description by peculiar, appropriate, or characteristic marks. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] Signate (gcide) Signate \Sig"nate\, a. [L. signatus, p. p. See Sign, v. t.] (Zool.) Having definite color markings. [1913 Webster] Signation (gcide) Signation \Sig*na"tion\, n. [L. signatio. See Sign, v. t.] Sign given; marking. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Signatory (gcide) Signatory \Sig"na*to*ry\, a. [L. signatorius.] 1. Relating to a seal; used in sealing. [Obs.] --Bailey. [1913 Webster] 2. Signing; joining or sharing in a signature; as, signatory powers. [1913 Webster]Signatory \Sig"na*to*ry\, n.; pl. -ries. A signer; one who signs or subscribes; as, a conference of signatories. [1913 Webster] Signature (gcide) Signature \Sig"na*ture\, v. t. To mark with, or as with, a signature or signatures. [1913 Webster]Signature \Sig"na*ture\, n. [F. (cf. It. signatura, segnatura, Sp. & LL. signatura), from L. signare, signatum. See Sign, v. t.] 1. A sign, stamp, or mark impressed, as by a seal. [1913 Webster] The brain, being well furnished with various traces, signatures, and images. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster] The natural and indelible signature of God, which human souls . . . are supposed to be stamped with. --Bentley. [1913 Webster] 2. Especially, the name of any person, written with his own hand, employed to signify that the writing which precedes accords with his wishes or intentions; a sign manual; an autograph. [1913 Webster] 3. (Physiol.) An outward mark by which internal characteristics were supposed to be indicated. [1913 Webster] Some plants bear a very evident signature of their nature and use. --Dr. H. More. [1913 Webster] 4. (Old Med.) A resemblance between the external characters of a disease and those of some physical agent, for instance, that existing between the red skin of scarlet fever and a red cloth; -- supposed to indicate this agent in the treatment of the disease. [1913 Webster] 5. (Mus.) The designation of the key (when not C major, or its relative, A minor) by means of one or more sharps or flats at the beginning of the staff, immediately after the clef, affecting all notes of the same letter throughout the piece or movement. Each minor key has the same signature as its relative major. [1913 Webster] 6. (Print.) (a) A letter or figure placed at the bottom of the first page of each sheet of a book or pamphlet, as a direction to the binder in arranging and folding the sheets. (b) The printed sheet so marked, or the form from which it is printed; as, to reprint one or more signatures. [1913 Webster] Note: Star signatures (as A*, 1*) are the same characters, with the addition of asterisks, used on the first pages of offcuts, as in 12mo sheets. [1913 Webster] 7. (Pharm.) That part of a prescription which contains the directions to the patient. It is usually prefaced by S or Sig. (an abbreviation for the Latin signa, imperative of signare to sign or mark). [1913 Webster] Signaturist (gcide) Signaturist \Sig"na*tur`ist\, n. One who holds to the doctrine of signatures impressed upon objects, indicative of character or qualities. [Obs.] --Sir T. Browne. [1913 Webster] Subsignation (gcide) Subsignation \Sub`sig*na"tion\, n. [L. subsignatio.] The act of writing the name under something, as for attestation. [R.] --Shelton. [1913 Webster] The signal service (gcide) Signal \Sig"nal\, a. [From signal, n.: cf. F. signal['e].] 1. Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence. [1913 Webster] As signal now in low, dejected state As erst in highest, behold him where he lies. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Syn: Eminent; remarkable; memorable; extraordinary; notable; conspicuous. [1913 Webster] Time signature (gcide) Time signature \Time signature\ (Music) A sign at the beginning of a composition or movement, placed after the key signature, to indicate its time or meter. Also called rhythmical signature. It is in the form of a fraction, of which the denominator indicates the kind of note taken as time unit for the beat, and the numerator, the number of these to the measure. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] To repeat signals (gcide) Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.] [1913 Webster] 1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. "I will repeat our former communication." --Robynson (More's Utopia). [1913 Webster] Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] --Waller. [1913 Webster] 3. (Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received). [1913 Webster] To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said. To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters. [1913 Webster] Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate. [1913 Webster] traffic signal (gcide) Red light \Red light\ 1. an electrically operated set of lights at a road intersection which has different lights visible to traffic from different directions, designed to control vehicle traffic through the intersection. Each set of lights typically has a colored red light and also green and amber lights; the color of the light which is lighted at any one time changes automatically to control the flow of traffic through the intersection, allowing flow from different directions in alternating succession. Also called {traffic light}, traffic signal or {stop light}. When the red light is illuminated the signal means to stop; green means to go; and amber means to stop or procede through the intersection with caution. In simple intersections of two roads, a red light visible to traffic on one road will usually be accompanied by a green light visible to traffic on the intersecting road. In some locations the lights may be set to be illuminated in other sequences or combinations; a blinking red light is typically equivalent to a "stop" sign, and a blinking amber light typically means "procede with caution". [PJC] 2. the condition of a traffic light when the signal visible to the driver of a vehicle is red, signalling that the vehicle must stop and not enter the intersection; I got seven red lights on the way to work. [PJC] 3. figuratively, a sign or signal that one must stop doing what one is presently doing; as, a fatal side effect is often a red light to continuation of a clinical trial. [PJC]