long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction | structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted |
a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts | a public display of a message |
the broad side of a ship | a gesture that is part of a sign language |
(nautical) breadth amidships | any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message |
a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather | a character indicating a relation between quantities |
a column of light (as from a beacon) | a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened) |
a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation | a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified |
| an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come |
| (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided |
| having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges) |
| (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease |