Word: semaphore

Category: semaphore

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Synonyms: semaphore

eyeglass

Translations: semaphore

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spanish
Translations:
semáforo
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german
Translations:
zeichenträger, semaphor
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french
Translations:
sémaphore
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russian
Translations:
семафор
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finnish
Translations:
semafori
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czech
Translations:
semafor
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polish
Translations:
podobieństwo, sygnalizator, pozór, semafor, wygląd, wrażenie
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ukrainian
Translations:
семафор
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bulgarian
Translations:
семафор
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estonian
Translations:
semafor
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croatian
Translations:
signalizirati, semafor
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slovenian
Translations:
semafor
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slovak
Translations:
semafor

The meaning and "use of": semaphore

noun
  • a system of sending messages by holding the arms or two flags or poles in certain positions according to an alphabetic code. - The development of spin off technologies, such as the telegraph and semaphore flags, linked Civil War commanders on the first information net.
  • an apparatus for signaling, consisting of an upright with movable parts. - Like semaphores signaling an ambiguous statement, the chairs face away from the figures in the penultimate picture and virtually disappear in the varnished penumbra that concludes the final work of the cycle.
verb
  • send (a message) by semaphore or by signals resembling semaphore. - Josh stands facing the rear and semaphoring the driver's intentions

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