SEMAPHORE
\sˈɛmɐfˌɔː], \sˈɛmɐfˌɔː], \s_ˈɛ_m_ɐ_f_ˌɔː]\
Definitions of SEMAPHORE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
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convey by semaphore, of information
By Princeton University
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an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
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convey by semaphore, of information
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.
By Oddity Software
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A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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A railway apparatus for signaling by means of mechanical arms, lanterns, flags, etc.; in the army, a system of signaling in which the letters of the alphabet are represented by various positions of the arms in relation to the body.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A kind of telegraph or apparatus for conveying information by signals visible at a distance, such as oscillating arms or flags by daylight and lanterns at night. Many kinds of semaphores were in use before the invention of the electric telegraph, and a simple form is still employed on railways to signal trains approaching a station.
By Daniel Lyons
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Semaphoric.
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Semaphorical.
By James Champlin Fernald
