Meaning Of The Word Semaphore

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semaphore
uncountable noun: 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.

semaphore in American English
any apparatus for signaling, as the arrangement of lights, flags, and mechanical arms on railroads
to signal by semaphore
to signal by semaphore or by some system of flags
noun: an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as a light whose position may be changed

semaphore in British English
noun: an apparatus for conveying information by means of visual signals, as with movable arms or railway signals, flags, etc
verb: to signal (information) by means of semaphore

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