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the universe's gossip, smuggled through noise and praying you're listening.
means A detectable sign, gesture, or transmitted impulse that conveys information or prompts an action, especially across distance or through a noisy medium.
from From Latin 'signum' (a mark, token, sign) — the same root that gives us 'sign' and 'signature.' Through Medieval Latin 'signale' (a sign agreed upon) it slipped into Old French and then English, first as something you flash or wave to convey meaning, later swelling to cover the electrical and radio pulses that now carry the universe's gossip for us.
- speed limit
- No signal outruns light, not even your impatience
- smoke ancestors
- Smoke signals carried messages before alphabets existed
- hidden in noise
- Engineers extract signals weaker than background static
- deep space whispers
- Voyager's signal reaches Earth at a billionth of a watt
- app namesake
- Encrypted Signal app makes your texts unreadable to everyone
signal messenger app — encrypted messaging platform by open whisper systems, launched 2010, used by journalists and activists globally
signal magazine — published by association of old crows since 1946, focuses on electronic warfare and intelligence
signal iduna park — borussia dortmund's stadium in germany, capacity 81,365, opened 1974