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1. (n.) semaphore
an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed.
2. semaphore
a system of signaling, esp. one by which a special flag is held in each hand and various positions of the arms indicate specific letters, numbers, etc.
3. (v.i.) semaphore
to signal by semaphore or by some system of flags.
Etymology: (1810–20; < Gk sêma sign + -phore)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) semaphore
an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
2. (verb) semaphore
send signals by or as if by semaphore
3. (verb) semaphore
convey by semaphore, of information
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) semaphore
a signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. semaphore
a name applied to the mechanism employed for telegraphing purposes prior to the discovery of the electric telegraph; invented in 1767 by Richard Edgeworth, but first extensively used by the French in 1794, and afterwards adopted by the Admiralty in England; consisted at first of six shutters set in two rotating circular frames, which, by opening and shutting in various ways, were capable of conveying sixty-three distinct signals; these were raised on the tops of wooden towers erected on hills; later a different form was adopted consisting of a mast and two arms worked by winches. The speed at which messages could be transmitted was very great; thus a message could be sent from London to Portsmouth and an answer be received all within 45 seconds. The railway signal now in use is a form of semaphore.
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Sense: a system of signalling with flags held in each hand
He signalled the message to them in semaphore.
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 Afrikaans: semafoor |
 Arabic: سيمافور: نِظام إرسال الإش |
 Bulgarian: семафор |
 Brazilian: semáforo |
 Czech: semafor |
 German: das Flaggenwinken |
 Danish: optisk telegraf; semafor |
 Greek: σύστημα αποστολής σημάτων |
 Spanish: semáforo |
 Estonian: semafor |
 Farsi: سمافور؛نوعي پيام رساني |
 Finnish: lipuilla viittoilu |
 French: sémaphore |
 Hebrew: צוֹפֶן אִיתוּת |
 Hindi: संकेत पत्र |
 Croatian: semafor |
 Hungarian: szemafor |
 Indonesian: semaphore |
 Icelandic: bendimerki |
 Italian: semaforo |
 Japanese: 手旗信号 |
 Korean: 수기 |
 Lithuanian: semaforas |
 Latvian: semafors |
 Malay: semafor |
 Dutch: vlaggeseinen |
 Norwegian: semafor, håndflagg |
 Polish: semafor |
 Persian: سمافور؛نوعي پيام رساني |
 Pashto: سمافور |
 Portuguese: semáforo |
 Romanian: semaforizare cu două st |
 Russian: сигнализация флажками |
 Slovak: semafor |
 Slovenian: semafor |
 Serbian: semafor |
 Swedish: semaforering |
 Thai: สัญญาณธง |
 Turkish: bayraklarla haberleşme yö |
 Taiwanese: 旗語 |
 Ukrainian: семафор |
 Urdu: اشاراتی ترسیل |
 Vietnamese: xêmapho |
 Chinese: 旗语信号系统 |
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