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What (who) is BEACONS - definition
Beacons (festival)
MUSIC FESTIVAL
Beacons Metro is a music festival that took place at various venues in Leeds, Liverpool and Manchester in October 2015–2017. The festival was formerly named simply Beacons and took place on the middle weekend of August 2011–2014 at Heslaker Farm on the Funkirk Estate, Skipton, England.
beacon
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MARK OF NAVIGATION
Beacons; Beacon pole; Beacon light; Navigation structure; Light beacon; Navigational beacon; Navigation beacon; Infrared strobe; IR strobe; IR beacon
¦ noun
1. a fire lit on the top of a hill as a signal.
2. a light serving as a signal for ships or aircraft.
3. a radio transmitter signalling the position of a ship or aircraft.
Origin
OE beacn 'sign, portent, ensign', of W. Gmc origin.
beacon
MARK OF NAVIGATION
Beacons; Beacon pole; Beacon light; Navigation structure; Light beacon; Navigational beacon; Navigation beacon; Infrared strobe; IR strobe; IR beacon
(beacons)
1.
A beacon is a light or a fire, usually on a hill or tower, which acts as a signal or a warning.
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2.
If someone acts as a beacon to other people, they inspire or encourage them.
Our Parliament has been a beacon of hope to the peoples of Europe...
General Rudnicki was a moral beacon for many exiled Poles.
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Examples of use of BEACONS
1. One of the few beacons of hope are faith schools.
2. Essential lights like aircraft beacons will remain on.
3. Now, scientists are capturing some, implanting them with small radio beacons, then releasing them again.
4. The mixed–use and residential towers act like beacons with more than 60 floors heights.
5. They are also energetic âЂ?beacons‘ in regions too dusty to study in detail otherwise.