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distress signal |
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distress signal [də′stres ‚sig·nəl] (communications) An international signal used when a ship, aircraft, or other vehicle is threatened by grave and imminent danger and requests immediate assistance; examples are special radiotelegraph and radiotelephone signals or special signal flags or flares. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Despite their tramping stride, these dances also depended on gestural details (arms up, palms out, for instance, in a sort of salute in Dreamtime; the fist-to-mouth distress signals in Shattered). Headaches are mostly distress signals trying to get us to pause, pay attention, and listen. While the occasionally mannerist soundtrack threatens to drown all the quiet desperation with denotative musical distress signals, promising writer/director Sean Frewer wisely never permits it to linger too long. |
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