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==Origins==
French. signal (Old French. also seignal, seignau, etc.), = Pg. sinal, Sp. señal, It. segnale, med.L. sign{a}l(e, a [[Rome|Romanic]] formation on L. signum SIGN: -AL1 4. Used by Chaucer and Gower, but otherwise [[evidence]]d only from the end of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 16th century].
==Definitions==
*1. a. A visible sign; a badge or [[symbol]]. Obs.
:b. A mark of distinction or [[honor]]. Obs.
*2. A sign, [[token]], or indication (of something). In later use not clearly separable from sense 4.
*3. A sign agreed upon or [[understood]] as the occasion of concerted [[action]], esp. one ordering the [[movement]] of troops or ships; also fig., an exciting [[cause]].
*4. a. A sign or notice, [[perceptible]] by [[Vision|sight]] or hearing, given especially for the [[purpose]] of conveying warning, direction, or [[information]].
:b. An object serving to convey an intimation.
:c. A modulation of an electric current, electromagnetic [[wave]], or the like by means of which information is conveyed from one [[Space|place]] to another; the current or wave itself; also, a current or wave whose [[presence]] is regarded as conveying information about the source from which it comes.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origins==
French. signal (Old French. also seignal, seignau, etc.), = Pg. sinal, Sp. señal, It. segnale, med.L. sign{a}l(e, a [[Rome|Romanic]] formation on L. signum SIGN: -AL1 4. Used by Chaucer and Gower, but otherwise [[evidence]]d only from the end of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_century 16th century].
==Definitions==
*1. a. A visible sign; a badge or [[symbol]]. Obs.
:b. A mark of distinction or [[honor]]. Obs.
*2. A sign, [[token]], or indication (of something). In later use not clearly separable from sense 4.
*3. A sign agreed upon or [[understood]] as the occasion of concerted [[action]], esp. one ordering the [[movement]] of troops or ships; also fig., an exciting [[cause]].
*4. a. A sign or notice, [[perceptible]] by [[Vision|sight]] or hearing, given especially for the [[purpose]] of conveying warning, direction, or [[information]].
:b. An object serving to convey an intimation.
:c. A modulation of an electric current, electromagnetic [[wave]], or the like by means of which information is conveyed from one [[Space|place]] to another; the current or wave itself; also, a current or wave whose [[presence]] is regarded as conveying information about the source from which it comes.
[[Category: General Reference]]
