signal

noun

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

noun

A message communicated by such means.

noun

Something that incites action.

noun

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

noun

A sequence of digital values whose variations represent coded information.

noun

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

adjective

Notably out of the ordinary.

intransitive verb

To make a signal to.