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Definition of Starting signal
1. Noun. A signal to begin (as in a race). "The runners awaited the start"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Starting Signal
Literary usage of Starting signal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Working and Management of an English Railway by George Findlay (1899)
"A distant signal for a cabin in advance -nust never overlap a home or starting
signal for a cabin in the rear, but must be fixed on the same post, ..."
2. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1900)
"The claim is, that it was the duty of the motorman to obey the starting signal;
that he could not know that it had not been given by B8* the conductor, ..."
3. Memorial of the Celebration of the Two Hundred and Fiftieth Anniversary of by Gloucester (Mass.), Gloucester (Mass (1901)
"If a yacht be on or across the line when the starting signal is given, ...
This will be the starting signal for the first class, and time will be taken from ..."
4. Railway Signal Engineering (mechanical) by Leonard P. Lewis (1912)
"The starting signal is a STOP signal, and is usually placed at the end of a ...
A train having passed the advanced starting signal (except for shunting ..."
5. English Mechanic and World of Science: With which are Incorporated "the (1878)
"Up advanced starting signal. 3. Up starting signal. 5. Main line cross-over road.
6. Sidings to up-main line. As explained in my last letter (p. ..."
6. Sessional Papers (1902)
"I saw the driver apply steam immediately the signal came off, and I stood and
watched the train passing me and saw the starting signal drop about the time ..."
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