| 单词 | time signal |
| 释义 | > as lemmastime signal time signal n. an audible, visible, or (in later use) electronic signal serving to indicate the exact time of day.Such signals were originally made at observatories by the dropping of a ball (see time ball n.) or the firing of a gun. In later use the term most commonly refers to signals broadcast at certain times by various radio stations. ΘΚΠ the world > time > instruments for measuring time > signal marking the time > [noun] warning1389 time signal1839 society > communication > broadcasting > a broadcast programme or item > [noun] > types of news bulletin1857 news summary1875 police message1886 newsflash1904 headline1908 play-by-play1909 feature1913 spot ad1916 magazine1921 news1923 time signal1923 outside broadcast1924 radiocast1924 amateur hour1925 bulletin1925 serial1926 commentary1927 rebroadcast1927 school broadcast1927 feature programme1928 trailer1928 hour1930 schools broadcast1930 show1930 spot advertisement1930 spot announcement1930 sustaining1931 flash1934 newscast1934 commercial1935 clambake1937 remote1937 repeat1937 snap1937 soap opera1939 sportcast1939 spot commercial1939 daytimer1940 magazine programme1941 season1942 soap1943 soaper1946 parade1947 public service announcement1948 simulcasting1949 breakfast-time television1952 call-in1952 talkathon1952 game show1953 kidvid1955 roundup1958 telenovela1961 opt-out1962 miniseries1963 simulcast1964 soapie1964 party political1966 novela1968 phone-in1968 sudser1968 schools programme1971 talk-in1971 God slot1972 roadshow1973 trail1973 drama-doc1977 informercial1980 infotainment1980 infomercial1981 kideo1983 talk-back1984 indie1988 omnibus1988 teleserye2000 kidult- 1839 H. M. Denham in Sailing Dir. Point Lynas to Liverpool (1840) App. 149 As we are many days altogether without the sun appearing, so would the time-signal be deferred. 1849 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 10 34 It is quite within possibility that a time-signal may be sent from the Royal Observatory to different parts of the kingdom at certain mean solar hours every day, by a galvanic current regulated by clock machinery. 1862 Monthly Notices Royal Astron. Soc. 22 119 At any time, day or night, when the wire is not wanted for ordinary work, London can receive time-signals from Liverpool every minute. 1884 Standard 27 Dec. 6/3 When the Greenwich time signal has passed, the normal condition of the telegraph lines in connection with their instruments is immediately restored. 1923 Radio Times 28 Sept. 9/1 10.0. —— Time signal, general news bulletin. Broadcast to all stations, followed by London News and Weather Report. 1974 R. Swale Children of Cape Horn (1975) x. 90 The gentleman from Colorado, who gave us GMT time signals on WWV. 2003 B. Shoesmith & L. Edmonds in G. Bolton et al. Farewell Cinderella vi. 209 After the time signal at 8.00 pm there was news until 8.15. < as lemmas |
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