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foresignal

noun

Etymology

From fore- + signal.

  1. derived from signum
  2. derived from signālis
  3. derived from signāle
  4. derived from segnal
  5. prefixed as foresignal — “fore + signal”

Definitions

  1. A signal made or given in advance

    A signal made or given in advance; a foresign

    • Sequential redundancy may be introduced into discrete-response tasks by varying the amount of information conveyed by a foresignal about the reaction signal that is to follow it.
    • [...] they could be seen as portents or prognostications, looking forward to some earthly catastrophe, or as precursors of the latter days, foresignals of the end of the world.
    • I later learn this fore-signal is called an aura, and that what I am experiencing is a form of epilepsy, a small 'focal' fit, affecting a speech centre.

  2. To signal ahead of time

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for foresignal. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA