Signal vs. Signalize — What's the Difference?

In signal processing, a signal is a function that conveys information about a phenomenon. In electronics and telecommunications, it refers to any time varying voltage, current, or electromagnetic wave that carries information.

To make remarkable or conspicuous

An indicator, such as a gesture or colored light, that serves as a means of communication.

To point out particularly.

A message communicated by such means.

To distinguish, to make noteworthy.

Something that incites action

To display or make known (an attribute, quality, etc.); to call attention to.

(Biology) A physical entity, such as a chemical or an electromagnetic wave, that activates a cell receptor and elicits a specific response.

To point out; to take special note of.

(Electronics) An impulse or fluctuating quantity, as of electrical voltage or light intensity, whose variations represent coded information.

To communicate with (someone) by means of a signal.

(Computers) A sequence of digital values whose variations represent coded information.

(transitive) To indicate; to be a sign of.

The sound, image, or message transmitted or received by means of telecommunications.

To furnish (a traffic intersection) with a traffic signal.

Notably out of the ordinary

To make signal or eminent; to render distinguished from what is common; to distinguish.

To make a signal to

To communicate with by means of a signal; as, a ship signalizes its consort.

To relate or make known by signals

To indicate the existence, presence, or fact of, by a signal; as, to signalize the arrival of a steamer.

To cause an effect in (a cell) by the activation of a receptor, as by a neurotransmitter or hormone.

Provide with traffic signals;

To make a signal or signals.

Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;

A sequence of states representing an encoded message in a communication channel.

Point out carefully and clearly

Any variation of a quantity or change in an entity over time that conveys information upon detection.

Make conspicuous or noteworthy

A sign made to give notice of some occurrence, command, or danger, or to indicate the start of a concerted action.

An on-off light, semaphore, or other device used to give an indication to another person.

(of a radio, TV, telephone, internet, etc.) An electromagnetic action, normally a voltage that is a function of time, that conveys the information of the radio or TV program or of communication with another party.

An action, change or process done to convey information and thus reduce uncertainty.

A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.

Useful information, as opposed to noise.

A simple interprocess communication used to notify a process or thread of an occurrence.

(biochemistry) A signalling interaction between cells

(ambitransitive) To indicate; to convey or communicate by a signal.

(transitive) To communicate with (a person or system) by a signal.

Standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement.

A sign made for the purpose of giving notice to a person of some occurence, command, or danger; also, a sign, event, or watchword, which has been agreed upon as the occasion of concerted action.

A token; an indication; a foreshadowing; a sign.

Noticeable; distinguished from what is ordinary; eminent; remarkable; memorable; as, a signal exploit; a signal service; a signal act of benevolence.

Of or pertaining to signals, or the use of signals in conveying information; as, a signal flag or officer.

To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.

To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to; as, to signal a fleet to anchor.

Any communication that encodes a message;

Any incitement to action;

An electric quantity (voltage or current or field strength) whose modulation represents coded information about the source from which it comes

Communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs;

Be a signal for or a symptom of;

Notably out of the ordinary;