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Semaphore

Semaphore (lit. 'apparatus for signalling'; from Ancient Greek σῆμα (sêma) 'mark, sign, token' and Greek -φόρος (-phóros) 'bearer, carrier') is the use of an apparatus to create a visual signal transmitted over distance. A semaphore can be performed with devices including: fire, lights, flags, sunlight, and moving arms. Semaphores can be used for…

Lights, Fire & Moving arms

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Fire

Lights

Flags

Sunlight

Moving arms

Hydraulic

Decline

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Semaphore

Nodes77
Edges76
Triples85
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.025974
Components1

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Semaphore

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related to Lights · 17
Semaphore → Argand, Captain, Carbide, Dalén, Global Positioning System, GPS, Improvements, In, Kerosene, Lighthouses, Morse, Originally, Philip Howard Colomb, Royal Navy, The, Vice Admiral, Whale
related to Fire · 12
Semaphore → Abbasid Caliphate, Ancient Greece, Arab, Asia Minor, Byzantine, Constantinople, Flames, The, The Byzantine, The Byzantine Empire, The Phryctoriae, Towers
related to Decline · 11
Semaphore → American, British, By, Charles Wheatstone, In, Internet, Morse, Samuel Morse, Telecommunication, The, William Fothergill Cooke
related to Optical telegraph · 9
Semaphore → An, Claude Chappe, France, In, Napoleonic, On, Relay, The, This
related to External links · 7
Semaphore → Claude Chappe, Information Theory, March, Semaphore Systems, Semaphores, TeleCommunication, Youtube
related to Flags · 7
Semaphore → IMO, Information, International, International Maritime Organization, It, Standardized, They
related to Sunlight · 6
Semaphore → Australian, British, Heliographs, Morse, Pakistani, The
related to Hydraulic · 5
Semaphore → AD Britain, BC Greece, British, The, The Greek
related to Railway signal · 3
Semaphore → Designs, The, These
is a · 1
Semaphore → telegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags

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telegraph signal system used flags one communication using arms sunlight tower light century message lamp code signals visual lights messages

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Semaphoreis atelegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags0.90text
in railway systemsinstance ofor for traffic signalling0.80text
or traffic lights in citiesinstance ofor for traffic signalling0.80text
spelling out messagesinstance ofserving purposes0.80text
identifying lettersinstance ofserving purposes0.80text
numbersinstance ofserving purposes0.80text
signalling distress or requests for assistanceinstance ofserving purposes0.80text
communicating nautical proceduresinstance ofserving purposes0.80text
Semaphorerelated to DeclineIn0.60section
Semaphorerelated to DeclineAmerican0.60section
Semaphorerelated to DeclineSamuel Morse0.60section
Semaphorerelated to DeclineMorse0.60section

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