VISUAL SIGNAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does visual signal mean? 

• VISUAL SIGNAL (noun)
  The noun VISUAL SIGNAL has 1 sense:

1. a signal that involves visual communication

  Familiarity information: VISUAL SIGNAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VISUAL SIGNAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A signal that involves visual communication

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("visual signal" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "visual signal"):

watch fire (a fire lighted at night as a signal)

light (a visual warning signal)

red light; warning light (a cautionary sign of danger)

flare; flash (a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate)

flag; signal flag (a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device)

air-sleeve; air sock; drogue; sock; wind cone; wind sleeve; wind sock; windsock (a truncated cloth cone mounted on a mast; used (e.g., at airports) to show the direction of the wind)

post; stake (a pole or stake set up to mark something (as the start or end of a race track))

blinker; trafficator; turn indicator; turn signal (a blinking light on a motor vehicle that indicates the direction in which the vehicle is about to turn)

armband (worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning)

rocket; skyrocket (propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon)

beacon; beacon fire (a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance)

brake light; stoplight (a red light on the rear of a motor vehicle that signals when the brakes are applied to slow or stop)

barber's pole (striped pole outside a barbershop)

Holonyms ("visual signal" is a part of...):

visual communication (communication that relies on vision)

 Context examples 

The movement of the throat when males are calling could constitute a visual signal, in which case the call itself would represent a by-product of the true signaling behavior.

(Tiny Brazilian Frogs Deaf to Own Calls, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)