Semaphore

Semaphore

Semaphore may be:

Optical-telegraph systems:
* Semaphore line, a system of long-distance communication based on towers with moving arms
* Flag semaphore system
* Railway semaphore signal for railroad traffic control

Other:
* Semaphore (band), London based music trio
* Traffic semaphore, another name for automotive traffic lights based on their early resemblance to railway semaphores
* Turning semaphore, retractable semaphores on automobiles from the 1920s to 1950s
* Semaphore (programming), in computer science, a mechanism for supporting mutual exclusion in concurrent programs
* Semaphore, South Australia, a historic seaside community in southern Australia
* Semaphore railway line, Adelaide, a closed railway line in Adelaide South Australia
* Semaphore (album), a 1998 album by the band Fridge
* Semaphore, fictional professor in "Cubitus" comic strips or "Wowser" cartoons

ee also

*International maritime signal flags
*Telegraphy


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  • Semaphore — Sémaphore Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • semaphore — [sem′ə fôr΄] n. [Fr sémaphore < Gr sēma, sign (see SEMANTIC) + phoros: see PHORE] 1. any apparatus for signaling, as the arrangement of lights, flags, and mechanical arms on railroads 2. a system of signaling by the use of two flags, one held… …   English World dictionary

  • semaphore — ► NOUN 1) a system of sending messages by holding the arms or two flags or poles in certain positions according to an alphabetic code. 2) an apparatus for signalling in this way, consisting of an upright with movable parts. ► VERB ▪ send by… …   English terms dictionary

  • semaphore — apparatus for signaling, 1816, probably from Fr. sémaphore, lit. a bearer of signals, ultimately from Gk. sema sign, signal + phoros bearer, from pherein to carry (see INFER (Cf. infer)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • Semaphore — Sem a*phore, n. [Gr. sh^ma a sign + fe rein to bear: cf. F. s[ e]maphore.] A signal telegraph; an apparatus for giving signals by the disposition of lanterns, flags, oscillating arms, etc. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Semaphore — Semaphore, bedeutender Hafenplatz im britischaustral. Staat Südaustralien, am St. Vincent Golf, mit Adelaide durch Eisenbahn verbunden und mit (1901) über 8000 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Semaphore — Semaphore, griech. frz. = Zeichenträger, der Zeichentelegraph …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • semaphore — index indicator Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • Sémaphore — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Sémaphore », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le sémaphore est un moyen de communication… …   Wikipédia en Français

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