Definition of Beaconing

1. Verb. (present participle of beacon) (The emitting of signals from a beacon). ¹

2. Noun. (form of gerund beacon) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beaconing

1. beacon [v] - See also: beacon

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beaconing

beachsalmon
beachscape
beachscapes
beachside
beachsides
beachward
beachwards
beachwear
beachy
beacon
beacon fire
beacon light
beaconage
beaconages
beaconed
beaconing (current term)
beaconings
beaconless
beaconlike
beacons
bead
bead-breaker
bead and quirk
bead breaker
bead fern
bead lightning
bead proof
bead tree
beadboard
beadboards

Literary usage of Beaconing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"The lighting, beaconing, and buoying of the coasts, the examination and licensing of pilots, and we trust ere long to add the examination and licensing of ..."

2. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by Royal Astronomical Society (1902)
"The original plan was that the reconnaissance and beaconing parties should start some weeks in advance of the observing party, but this was impossible ..."

3. From Conflict to Negotiation: Nature-Based Development on South Africa's by Robin Palmer, Hermann Timmermans, Derick Fay (2002)
"40 CMTT, Umtata, letter of 2 July 1915 to Secretary of Native Affairs, Pretoria, in CAD FCT Box 3/1/49 File T511/1 beaconing of Demarcated Forests. ..."

4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1848)
"THE Trustees of the Liverpool Docks and Harbors do hereby ¡rive notice, that the following changes in the lighting, beaconing, and (moving of the northern ..."

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