(n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
(n.) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
(n.) A high hill near the shore.
(n.) That which gives notice of danger.
(v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
(v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
Example Sentences:
(1) It's ironic given this sector is the one shining beacon of potential growth and job creation.
(2) Grid reference: 54.5763, -2.8734 Photograph: www.wildswimming.com Lower Ddwli Falls, Waterfall Woods, Brecon Beacons In the south-west hills of the Brecon Beacons , near Ystradfellte, you'll find some of the most amazing waterfall plunge pools in Britain.
(3) Even the most controversial features it has eventually killed off – such as Beacon, which published users' purchases and related advertiser information in feeds – have still informed the site's development.
(4) They revealed that Lance Corporal Craig Roberts, who died in searing temperatures on the Brecon Beacons, had been about to begin a new post in the office of the education secretary.
(5) A few people might have wasted time trying to define Conchita's identity or worrying if she is one of "us", but the majority saw her for what she is: an ambassador for diversity, and a beacon of light – no doubt – to our queer cousins on the continent.
(6) I think what Anne has done should be like a beacon and a message to other disabled people not to be afraid to speak out.
(7) The north Texas city of Denton became a beacon for the anti-fracking movement when residents voted to prohibit the practice inside city limits .
(8) He describes the country's legislative gains (which include gay marriage) as "a beacon for LGBT rights all across Africa".
(9) A third army reserve soldier has died from injuries sustained during SAS selection training in the Brecon Beacons, the Ministry of Defence has said.
(10) The following threshold values, beacon of the surveillance, were retained: --variations of 15% in relation to a reference examination: non-significant, --variations of 20 to 30%: probably significant, --variations of more than 30%: significant.
(11) The beacons had to be well-placed on the vehicle - hidden, but not so hidden so the signal was lost,” said the leader.
(12) The training offered by the Beacons has made them a natural base for the SAS.
(13) Beacon Food Forest, Seattle, Washington, US This Seattle project, called the Beacon Food Forest, is turning public land into an edible forest where residents can forage for fruits, pumpkins and nuts.
(14) Only last month, a new edict allowed sub-divisional magistrates to use flashing blue beacons, though it insisted that only divisional and sub-divisional commissioners would be allowed to use red beacons.
(15) Several hundred miles to the north east in Massachusetts, the Beacon Hill Institute requested $38,825 from Searle to weaken or roll back a five-year effort by states in the region to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
(16) While Nepal is a beacon of progress, the day-to-day experience of changing documents for some transgender people continues to be unpleasant due to the poor behaviour of bureaucrats,” says Knight.
(17) The 28-nation bloc prides itself on being a beacon of human rights protection, taking a tough stance on issues ranging from LGBT rights to banning capital punishment and upholding press freedoms.
(18) Nor does the beacon theory, in which Scotland inspires progressive forces in what is left of the UK, stand up to examination.
(19) Still, Malawi was admired as a beacon of democracy and good governance and, in 2009, Bingu won re-election by a landslide.
(20) As was stated earlier in this article, a most useful beacon to guide the physician in this dimly lit path is the notion that "congruence not candor" direct the disclosure.
Signal
Definition:
(n.) A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.
(n.) A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.
(a.) Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.
(a.) Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.
(v. t.) To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
(v. t.) To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.
Example Sentences:
(1) Such a signal must be due to a small ferromagnetic crystal formed when the nerve is subjected to pressure, such as that due to mechanical injury.
(2) Glucocorticoids have numerous effects some of which are permissive; steroids are thus important not only for what they do, but also for what they permit or enable other hormones and signal molecules to do.
(3) Although solely nociresponsive neurons are clearly likely to fill a role in the processing and signalling of pain in the conscious central nervous system, the way in which such useful specificity could be conveyed by multireceptive neurons is difficult to appreciate.
(4) Theresa May signals support for UK-EU membership deal Read more Faull’s fix, largely accepted by Britain, also ties the hands of national governments.
(5) Type 1 changes (decreased signal intensity on T1-weighted spin-echo images and increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) were identified in 20 patients (4%) and type 2 (increased signal intensity on T1-weighted images and isointense or slightly increased signal intensity on T2-weighted images) in 77 patients (16%).
(6) The presently available data allow us to draw the following conclusions: 1) G proteins play a mediatory role in the transmission of the signal(s) generated upon receptor occupancy that leads to the observed cytoskeletal changes.
(7) Thus, human bronchial epithelial cells can express the IL-8 gene, with expression in response to the inflammatory mediator TNF regulated mainly at the transcriptional level, and with elements within the 5'-flanking region of the gene that are directly or indirectly modulated by the TNF signal.
(8) The region containing the injection stop signal (iss) has been cloned and sequenced and found to contain numerous large repeats and inverted repeats which may be part of the iss.
(9) Here, we review the nature of the heart sound signal and the various signal-processing techniques that have been applied to PCG analysis.
(10) The present study was designed to test the hypothesis that the decreased Epi response following ET was due to 1) depletion of adrenal Epi content such that adrenomedullary stimulation would not release Epi, 2) decreased Epi release with direct stimulation, i.e., desensitization of release, or 3) decreased afferent signals generated by ET itself.
(11) In documents due to be published by the bank, it will signal a need to shed costs from a business that employs 10,000 people as it scrambles to return to profit.
(12) In fact, you might read it as a signal … that the president might well lose on this,” she said.
(13) Further study both of the signaling events that lead to MPF activation and of the substrates for phosphorylation by MPF should lead to a comprehensive understanding of the biochemistry of cell division.
(14) After several months, a temporal discrimination was well established, as shown by maximum suppression toward the end of the signal period.
(15) 2010 2 May : In a move that signals the start of the eurozone crisis, Greece is bailed out for the first time , after eurozone finance ministers agree to grant the country rescue loans worth €110bn (£84bn).
(16) Protein kinase C (PKC) is activated rapidly and transiently following ionizing radiation exposure and is postulated to activate downstream nuclear signal transducers.
(17) During that time they have repeatedly demonstrated the likely existence of signalling molecules or morphogens that control the pattern of development in the embryo.
(18) Recently, we have designed a series of simplified artificial signal sequences and have shown that a proline residue in the signal sequence plays an important role in the secretion of human lysozyme in yeast, presumably by altering the conformation of the signal sequence [Yamamoto, Y., Taniyama, Y., & Kikuchi, M. (1989) Biochemistry 28, 2728-2732].
(19) After calving, probably the position of new follicles is temporally influenced by direct signals from the uterine horns affected differently by pregnancy.
(20) The purpose of the present study was to investigate whether the signaling behaviors of female Long-Evans rats varies over the estrous cycle.