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Semaphore

verb
1.
Send signals by or as if by semaphore.
2.
Convey by semaphore, of information.



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"Semaphore" Quotes from Famous Books



... naval commander. "A touch on a button in a flagship is all that is now needed to initiate every tactical evolution in a fleet, and insure an almost automatic precision in the resulting movements of the ships. The flashing lantern is superseded at night, flags and the semaphore by day, or, if these are retained, it is for services purely auxiliary. The hideous and bewildering shrieks of the steam-siren need no longer be heard in a fog, and the uncertain system of gun signals ...
— Little Masterpieces of Science: - Invention and Discovery • Various


Words linked to "Semaphore" :   signal, semaphore plant, intercommunicate, communicate, setup, signalise, signalize, apparatus, sign


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