Collocations withsignal
These are words often used in combination withsignal.
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acoustic signal
Those variations in the acoustic signal that do not contribute to differences in meaning are simply not perceived by the listener.
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alarm signal
In treated colonies, but not controls, workers were excitable and most began head rapping, an alarm signal, if the colony was disturbed.
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analogue signal
A sequence of measurements of an analogue signal requires values both for time (horizontal axis) and for amplitude (vertical axis).
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audible signal
There will also be a new audible signal for dual carriageway crossings.
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audio signal
Then the audio signal would sound again indicating that it was time to observe the child again for the second, ten-second observation.
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auditory signal
Touches to the target image produced a unique, reinforcing, auditory signal but touches to the distractor did not.
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cell signal
This could be a subtle way of creating specificity with a nonspecific cell signal.
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chemical signal
There, the speed is a function of some chemical signal, which in turn depends upon the density.
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clear signal
The result was a clear signal that grass-roots unionists want a strong, articulate and uncompromising player to fight their corner in any post-ceasefire negotiations.
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coded signal
This shaft can be positioned to specific angular positions by sending the servo a coded signal.
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conflicting signal
Any other decision would have given a conflicting signal regarding the project, which is vital for our future and our independence.
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danger signal
Ever since: the war it has been a major danger signal if this gap, thus calculated, has risen to over £60 million in a month.
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digital signal
His research interests include semiconductor designs, analog and digital signal processing circuits, microwave amplification systems, and clock synchronization schemes for high-speed digital systems.
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directional signal
We are trying to find a highly directional signal that would be safe for use at these difficult sites.
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electrical signal
It has been assumed that alteration of the electrical signal in an egg exposed to fixative represents the time to initiate fixation of cellular structure.
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electromagnetic signal
For example, radar can provide an electromagnetic signal for following aircraft motion.
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electronic signal
Myelination of the nerves is essential for quick saltatory electronic signal conduction through the axons.
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extracellular signal
The extracellular signal from a single neuron is extremely small and thus next to impossible to record in the human brain.
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false signal
We gave witchweed seeds a false signal.
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fluorescence signal
A gradient of fluorescence signal is observed from cortical surface (top left) to dorsal hippocampus (bottom right).
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fluorescent signal
The fluorescent signal at the outer margin of the retina is due to auto-fluorescence from photoreceptor outer segment fragments and oil droplets.
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high-frequency signal
The signal detected in the waveguide (in the code grid) corresponds to a high-frequency signal (in the gigahertz range) which we do not access experimentally.
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hybridization signal
Most of these sites are likely to be fixed, but segregation would be difficult to detect because the hybridization signal is dominant.
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incoming signal
The movements were mapped into software by processing the incoming signal and modulating it with other video.
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infrared signal
It is unlikely that any non-living backscatterer could mimic this infrared signal.
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microwave signal
When the interaction is strong, the microwave signal can pass through the material.
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molecular signal
This marker raises the possibility that a single molecular signal might modulate neurogenesis in a number of spatially separated cell groups.
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neural signal
High signal summation occurs when numerous photoreceptors are coupled and transmit a neural signal onto only a few ganglion cells.
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optical signal
Comparison between the two bit channels in the detector results in an optical signal output if the result of the logic operation is positive.
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physiological signal
The other pole of the oscillation, several micrometres away from the cell, measures the physiological signal at a position remote from the cell.
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powerful signal
That will send a powerful signal to discourage other dictators from using violence against their peoples; failure in this case will have the opposite effect.
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radio signal
Indeed, some of our radiotracked individuals were found, through the radio signal, inside snakes.
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received signal
This time window is utilized to sample the received signal only while the received pulse is expected to arrive.
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reflected signal
Consequently, by synthesizing this part of the spectrum, we have obtained attosecond pulses in the reflected signal.
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resulting signal
The resulting signal is maintained for the duration of the step, and displays noise due to stochastic photon capture.
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seismic signal
Lahars can be detected seismically, as they cause a high-frequency seismic signal.
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signal conditioning
The signal conditioning involved filtering, smoothening, performing spectral analysis, wavelet analysis and other similar processing techniques.
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signal detection
Consider, for example, the classic signal detection problem of discriminating a known signal in the presence of white noise.
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signal flares
The recent changes to the law on handguns have not changed the law on signal flares.
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signal generator
The signal generator provided the necessary triggering signals.
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signal intensity
Mean values of signal intensity were recorded at each echo time and the logarithm of the signal intensity determined.
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signal peptide
Ionic channels formed by a primary amphipathic peptide containing a signal peptide and a nuclear localization sequence.
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signal processing
In particular, the book is aimed at signal processing practitioners, especially research workers and students working in areas of radar, sonar, telecommunications and biomedical engineering.
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signal processor
The hardware consists of an extremely powerful digital signal processor and a personal computer which controls the algorithms and provides the user interface.
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signal strength
The opponent signal strength at the second site is controlled by partial multiplicative gain.
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signal transduction
An inside job: the results of injecting whole sperm into eggs supports one view of signal transduction at fertilization.
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stop signal
The timing of the inhibitory response begins with the onset of the stop signal.
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strong signal
It would also seem that a plaintiff who refuses to cooperate in this process sends a strong signal that she has a negative-expected-value claim.
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television signal
The ordinary television signal received in our homes, if it is in digital form, comes in at about 1 million bits a second.
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tracking signal
Clients wear a wristband that emits a silent tracking signal.
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traffic signal
The issue of class has been partly submerged by gender or race, a meeting sometimes as awkward as any other three-way intersection without a traffic signal.
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transmitted signal
Due to these factors, even modest selectivity at cellular junctions could have a major impact on the strength, character and location of the transmitted signal.
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video signal
The video signal was processed to obtain particle velocities and the probability density furiction of residence time of particles in the chamber.
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visual signal
The high-pass characteristic that acts upon both it and the visual signal could even be a property of the spike generating mechanism itself.
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warning signal
If errors are resolved, the warning signal is turned off and the relevant definitions are taken out of the error list with error annotations removed.
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wireless signal
The soldiers available for wireless signal purposes have certainly been extremely useful.
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wrong signal
You wouldn't use the right phraseology, you wouldn't have a market feel, and you would clumsily give the wrong signal.
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