Definition of Signal light

1. Noun. A fire set as a signal.

Exact synonyms: Signal Fire
Generic synonyms: Beacon, Beacon Fire

Lexicographical Neighbors of Signal Light

signal
signal-to-noise
signal-to-noise ratio
signal-to-noise ratios
signal/noise
signal/noise ratio
signal box
signal boxes
signal caller
signal crayfish
signal detection
signal detection (psychology)
signal fire
signal flag
signal level
signal light (current term)
signal node
signal peptidase
signal peptidase complex
signal peptide
signal peptide p25-subunit IV cytochrome oxidase
signal peptides
signal phrase
signal phrases
signal power
signal recognition particle
signal recognition particle receptor
signal response coupling
signal sequence
signal transduction

Literary usage of Signal light

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"The bell ceases ringing and the indicating instrument falls back to the signal " Light in? Figs. 4 and 5 represent a different arrangement for producing the ..."

2. Electrical Engineer (1892)
"The House of Commons signal light.—It costs £60 every session to keep up the signal light on the Clock Tower at Westminster. The light is at present so ..."

3. Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary: A Description of Tools, Instruments by Edward Henry Knight (1876)
"A form of signal-light to be thrown into the water to direct attention of a man overboard, and of rescuing boats, consists of a tin cylinder with conical ..."

4. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"... horizontal position when set for danger. With a casting like that shown at A, Fig. 223, the blade might droop sufficiently to uncover the signal light, ..."

5. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
"... horizontal position when set for danger. With a casting like that shown at A, Fig. 223, the blade might droop sufficiently to uncover the signal light, ..."

6. The American and English Railroad Cases: A Collection of All Cases Affecting by Frank Cyrus Smith, Thomas Johnson Michie, United States Courts, Great Britain Courts, Canada Courts (1908)
"Milwaukee L., H. & T. Co night passengers to cross the track to the signal light in order to •give the signal, and to cross the track again after giving the ..."

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