starting signal
starting signal noun: a railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, nowadays usually a colour-light signal.
Noun
starting signal (plural starting signals)
- A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, nowadays usually a colour-light signal.
- As it happened, however, it was clear enough, when the platform starting-signal was lowered, for the signalman in box No. 5 to see his advance-starting signal, and he was therefore justified in allowing the train to go forward, and it was not until it had passed his box that, upon looking out, he...1882 June, “Official Reports on Recent Accidents”, in The Railway Engineer, page 157
- Synonyms:
- starter, starter signal
- A signal to begin a race.
- At the starting signal, pull up and back against the underside of the starting platform to get your body moving forward.2003, Ernest W. Maglischo, Swimming Fastest, Human Kinetics, →ISBN, page 277
Synonyms of starting signal
Forms of starting signal
| plural | starting signals |
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Questions about starting signal
- What does starting signal mean?
- Starting signal means a railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, nowadays usually a colour-light signal.
- What part of speech is starting signal?
- Starting signal is a noun.
- What is the plural of starting signal?
- The plural of starting signal is starting signals.
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