English Dictionary
◊ SIGNAL
signal
adj : notably out of the ordinary; "the year saw one signal
triumph for the Labour party"
n 1: any communication that encodes a message; "signals from the
boat sudddenly stopped" [syn: {signaling}, {sign}]
2: any incitement to action; "he awaited the signal to start";
"the victory was a signal for wild celebration"
v 1: converse silently and non-verbally; converse in sign
language; "I don't know how to sign, so I could not
communicate with my deaf cousin" [syn: {sign}, {signalize}]
2: be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a
serious illness" [syn: {bespeak}, {betoken}, {indicate}, {point}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ SIGNAL
SIGNAL
A synchronous language by Le Guernic et al of
{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)