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Semaphores

Semaphore (disambiguation)         
Semaphore is the use of an apparatus with telegraphy to create a visual signal transmitted over long-distances. It may refer specifically to:
Semaphorically      
·adv By means of a semaphore.
semaphore         
  • Heliograph
  • alphabet]]
  • Railway pivot arms
  • Napoleonic semaphore line
  • Sailor with signal lamp
  • Electric telegraph
MECHANICAL APPARATUS USED TO SEND MESSAGES
Semaphor
Semaphore is a system of sending messages by using two flags. You hold a flag in each hand and move your arms to various positions representing different letters of the alphabet.
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Semaphore (disambiguation)

Semaphore is the use of an apparatus with telegraphy to create a visual signal transmitted over long-distances.

It may refer more specifically to:

  • Flag semaphore
  • Semaphore telegraph, a system of long-distance communication based on towers with moving arms
  • Railway semaphore signal for railway traffic control
  • Traffic semaphore, another name for automotive traffic lights based on their early resemblance to railway semaphores
  • Turning semaphore or trafficators, retractable arms to indicate turns on automobiles from the 1920s to 1950s
Aussprachebeispiele für semaphores
1. some kind of diplomatic semaphore that makes all the
The Rapture of Nerds _ Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross _ Talks at Google
2. And there's almost this sort of semaphore around us all the time.
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3. Projects that are up next, is anybody familiar with The Little Book of Semaphores?
Downey _ Talks at Google
Beispiele aus Textkorpus für semaphores
1. One thinks of wooden marquetry, of crumpled cellophane, of targets, unknown semaphores and flags.
2. And that turns the contention back into a fact – I mean, it‘s a fact that the guy did say it – so it may still appear unmolested by a lot of graphic semaphores.
3. Editors are molesting readers with their frantic semaphores about the content of articles Michael Kinsley Friday September 2', 2006 The Guardian According to a column by its "public editor" (aka ombudsman, or official busybody), the New York Times has been asking itself whether it does enough to distinguish between fact and opinion in its pages.