2. Noun. the use of signals in communications, especially the sending of signals in telecommunications ¹
3. Noun. (rail transport) the signals and associated equipment required for their operation. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Signalling
1. signal [v] - See also: signal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Signalling
Literary usage of Signalling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"A discussion of the question of signalling shunting operations as practiced in
Belgium and Germany. 3800 w. Bui Int Ry Cong—Aug., 1908. No. ..."
2. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"Strictly speaking they are not methods of signalling, although it may be said
that each train is a signal in itself. With the development of railroad ..."
3. Ancient and Modern Engineering and the Isthmian Canal by William Hubert Burr (1902)
"First Basis of Railroad signalling. — These and other similar systems ...
Strictly speaking they are not methods of signalling, although it may be said that ..."
4. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1888)
"These examples are of interest as illustrating what is called Curb- " curb-signalling "
through telegraph cables. When to produce signalling, ..."
5. Scouting for Girls: Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts (1920)
"It is used for visual signalling by hand, flag, ... Wig Wag signalling GENERAL
SERVICE CODE The flag used for this signalling is square with a smaller ..."
6. Journal (1882)
"SIEMENS' SYSTEM OF RAILWAY GONG-signalling. ... and treats of a certain system
of railway signalling used since 1847, and now most extensively adopted. ..."
7. With Plumer in Matabeleland: An Account of the Operations of the by Frank W. Sykes, C. G. Löwinger (1897)
"During the patrol, there was no signalling whatever, the nature of the country,
flat for the most part, and thickly bushed, rendering it practically ..."
8. The Theory and Practice of Absolute Measurements in Electricity and Magnetism by Andrew Gray (1888)
"This has been called signalling with single-curb. Instead however of thus dividing
the signal into two parts, a positive and a negative, the operator may ..."