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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
signal1
▶noun
  • 1 a gesture, action, or sound conveying information or an instruction.
  • 2 an indication of a state of affairs.
  • 3 an event or statement that provides the impulse or occasion for something to happen.
  • 4 a light or semaphore on a railway, giving indications to train drivers of whether or not to proceed.
  • 5 Bridge a prearranged convention of bidding or play intended to convey information to one's partner.
  • 6 an electrical impulse or radio wave transmitted or received.
▶verb (signals, signalling, signalled; US signals, signaling, signaled)
  • 1 transmit a signal.
  • 2 instruct or indicate by means of a signal.
– derivatives
signaller noun.
– origin ME: from OFr., from med. L. signale, neut. of late L. signalis, from L. signum (see sign).



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
signal2
▶adjective striking in extent, seriousness, or importance.
– derivatives
signally adverb.
– origin C17: from Fr. signalé, from the Ital. past part. segnalato ‘distinguished’, from segnale ‘a signal’.



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What does 'signal' here mean?
When there is no signal/reception for your cell/mobile phone

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