fog signal
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fog signal — any of various types of signal used as a warning by vessels navigating in fog or mist. [1750 60] * * * fog signal noun A detonating cap or other audible warning used in fog • • • Main Entry: ↑fog * * * fog signal, a bell, siren, horn, or other… … Useful english dictionary
Fog signal station — A fog signal station is a station at which a fog signal exists, but at which there is no lighthouse. A light tower might be appended to the station at a later date, as happened at The Cuckolds Light in Maine. A number of these stations were… … Wikipedia
fog signal — any of various types of signal used as a warning by vessels navigating in fog or mist. [1750 60] * * * sound or light signal emitted in fog or mist by lighthouses and buoys to indicate a shoreline, channel, or dangerous stretch of water and … Universalium
fog signal — /ˈfɒg sɪgnəl/ (say fog signuhl) noun any of various devices used as a warning by vehicles or vessels in fog …
fog signal — noun a detonator placed on a railway line in fog to warn train drivers … English new terms dictionary
fog-signal — … Useful english dictionary
Fog Sig. — • fog signal … Maritime acronyms and abbreviations
signal — Synonyms and related words: ALGOL, COBOL, CRT spot, DM display, Doppler signal, EDP, FORTRAN, IF signal, IM display, RF echoes, Roman candle, Teletype, Wirephoto, aid to navigation, alarm, alert, alphabetic data, alphanumeric code, amber light,… … Moby Thesaurus
fog — 1. n. & v. n. 1 a a thick cloud of water droplets or smoke suspended in the atmosphere at or near the earth s surface restricting or obscuring visibility. b obscurity in the atmosphere caused by this. 2 Photog. cloudiness on a developed negative… … Useful english dictionary
fog — Ohu, noe, ua noe, uhiwai. See mist. Also: awa, pāpala, pululuhi, pōhina, pūlawa. ♦ Fog signal, ho ākaaka no ka pa a i ka noe … English-Hawaiian dictionary
