ELECTRONIC SIGNAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does electronic signal mean? 

• ELECTRONIC SIGNAL (noun)
  The noun ELECTRONIC SIGNAL has 1 sense:

1. a signal generated by electronic means

  Familiarity information: ELECTRONIC SIGNAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ELECTRONIC SIGNAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A signal generated by electronic means

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("electronic signal" is a kind of...):

sign; signal; signaling (any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "electronic signal"):

radar echo (an electronic signal that has been reflected back to the radar antenna; contains information about the location and distance of the reflecting object)

racon; radar beacon (a device that, on receiving radar signals, transmits coded signals in response to help navigators determine their position)