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presignals

presignals is the plural of presignal.

Meaning of presignal

Noun

presignal (plural presignals)

  1. A signal that occurs before some occurrence, as a warning or to trigger an automatic preparation.
    • A presignal gets the moving cars back of the intersection off to the same flying start as the stopped lead vehicles. Von Stein has also used presignals in Dusseldorf and in other parts of Germany to create "time islands" for streetcars that must stop where there is no room for loading islands.1965, Robert Colborn, Modern Science and Technology, page 297

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Questions about presignals

What is presignals the plural of?
Presignals is the plural of presignal.

Words near presignals in the dictionary

  1. presifted
  2. presifting
  3. presifts
  4. presign
  5. presignal
  6. presignals
  7. presignature
  8. presignatures
  9. presigned
  10. presignification
  11. presignifications

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