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Definitions of semaphore in various dictionaries:
noun - an apparatus for visual signaling with lights or mechanically moving arms
verb - send signals by or as if by semaphore
verb - convey by semaphore, of information
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| Using 2 flags of 2 colors each, the U.S. Navy sends short-range messages by this system |
| Q is being communicated here in this code (two flags) |
| From the Greek for "sign bearer", it's the type of flag used to send messages from ship to shore |
| First developed in France in 1794, this system of communication's name is from the Greek for "sign bearing" |
| Pre-telegraph, you could communicate over long distances via this, a name derived from French, using flags or lights |
| Towers & hilltop stations with pivoting arms were used to send messages in this system, from Greek for "sign bearing" |
| You can use two flags to communicate in the method seen here |
| It's a system of sending messages using flags (1946) |
| Claude Chappe's set of arms that pivoted on a post in 1794 was an early version of this communication system using flags |
| Flags & arm position are crucial in this type of communication |
| Semaphore description |
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| Flag semaphore (from the Greek , sema, meaning sign and , phero, meaning to bear; altogether the sign-bearer) is the telegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it is read when the flag is in a fixed position. Semaphores were adopted and widely used (with hand-held flags replacing the mechanical arms of shutter semaphores) in the maritime world in the 19th century. It is still used during underway replenishment at sea and is acceptable for emergency communication in daylight or using lighted wands instead of flags, at night. |