signal light

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Noun1.signal light - a fire set as a signalsignal light - a fire set as a signal    
beacon, beacon fire - a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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A boulder of granite concealed our approach, and crouching behind it we gazed over it at the signal light. It was strange to see this single candle burning there in the middle of the moor, with no sign of life near it--just the one straight yellow flame and the gleam of the rock on each side of it.
Down the great iron way the huge locomotive rushed onward, leaping and bounding across the maze of metals, tearing past the dazzling signal lights, through crowded stations where its passing was like the roar of some earth-shaking monster.
My wife pointed out to me the brightness of the red, green, and yellow signal lights hanging in a framework against the sky.
Whenever it came back, the eyes of all on board, brightened and sparkled like itself: and there we all stood, watching this revolving light upon the rock at Holyhead, and praising it for its brightness and its friendly warning, and lauding it, in short, above all other signal lights that ever were displayed, until it once more glimmered faintly in the distance, far behind us.
The maritime police activate the signal light sticks in the earliest stage of a report so vessels can prepare as fast as possible before they are even notified of the location and circumstances of an emergency.
In general, traffic lights control contains five major adjustment modes: increasing green signal light duration, reducing green signal light duration, extending the signal cycle; shortening the signal light cycle, and setting all lights to red.
Stephen Bosworth said he did not see motorist Moira Koune because his attention was focused on a signal light a mile-and-a-half up the track.
The railroad company is also installing a safety signal light system on Pine Hill Crossing, where trucks carrying loads of sand cross the Pan Am tracks every day.
Fortunately, older model FMTV trucks with mechanical-type light switches and incandescent turn signal light bulbs are not affected.
Only if there's an excess of blue will the cones signal light's presence to the biological clock.
It was not known whether there was a problem with the brakes or the signal light was faulty, Reuters reported.
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