Signaling

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

signaling
    n 1: any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message;
         "signals from the boat suddenly stopped" [syn: {signal},
         {signaling}, {sign}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Signal \Sig"nal\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Signaled or Signalled};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Signaling} or {Signalling}.]
   1. To communicate by signals; as, to signal orders.
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   2. To notify by a signals; to make a signal or signals to;
      as, to signal a fleet to anchor. --M. Arnold.
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