Look up: Beacon

1. Beacon
   Most SETI research is concerned with the detection of an attention-getting "beacon" or acquisition signal, not a wideband data channel.
   Found on http://www.coseti.org/glossary.htm
   
   
2. Beacon
   Downlink from a spacecraft that immediately indicates the state of the spacecraft as being one of several possible states by virtue of the presence and/or frequency of the subcarrier. See Chapter 10.
   Found on http://www2.jpl.nasa.gov/basics/bsfgloss
   
   
3. Beacon
   Beacon is a city in Mahaska County Iowa, USA. Beacon is a city in Dutchess County New York, USA.
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4. beacon
   [n] - a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance 2. [n] - a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships 3. [v] - shine like a beacon 4. [v] - guide with a beacon
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5. Beacon
   The Ministerial award of Beacon status is awarded to high performing colleges, which have achieved an excellent FEFC inspection report (defined as five grade 1s). Special consideration was given to colleges doing a superb job in areas of social deprivation.
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6. Beacon
   Beacons were used to signal long distances before the invention of the telegraph and telephone. They were often placed on hills with good views. In daytime the smoke of a fire would be used to make signal, and at night the light of the fire might be seen. However, it would only be possible to sound the general alarm. They were often organised into…
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7. Beacon
   An apparatus, usually on an airway, which emits light signals to indicate a particular geographical position to aircrews.
   Found on http://www.aeroplanemonthly.com/glossary
   
   
8. beacon
   any marker used for purposes of survey or demarcation; e.g. in conjunction with aerial survey it may be a temporary flag or even a tethered balloon; any structure to make a point observable from a distance for surveying or navigation Category: The cosmos • Device for tracking consignments of drugs,etc. Category: Management in the public and private sector • Erection on land…
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9. Beacon
   Bea"con (b&mac;"k'n) noun [ Middle English bekene , Anglo-Saxon beácen , bēcen ; akin to Old Saxon bōkan , Fries. baken , beken , sign, signal, Dutch baak , Old High German bouhhan , German bake ; of unknown origin. Confer Beckon .] 1. A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any n …
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/25
   
   
10. Beacon
    Bea"con transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Beaconed (-k'nd); present participle & verbal noun Beaconing .] 1. To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. « That beacons the darkness of heaven. Campbell. » 2. To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/B/25
    
    
11. beacon
    beacon fire noun a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance
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12. beacon
    verb guide with a beacon
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13. beacon
    verb shine like a beacon
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14. beacon
    beacon light noun a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships
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15. Beacon
    `Beacons` are aids to navigation devices. Intentionally conspicuous, beacons help guide navigators to their destinations. Beacon types include radar reflectors, radio beacons, and sonic or visual signals. Visual beacons range from small, single-pile structures to large lighthouses or light stations and are located on land or in water. Lighted beacons are called lights; unlighted beacons are called daybeacons. More classically, beacons are fires ...
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16. Beacon
    `Beacons` are aids to navigation devices. Intentionally conspicuous, beacons help guide navigators to their destinations. Beacon types include radar reflectors, radio beacons, and sonic or visual signals. Visual beacons range from small, single-pile structures to large lighthouses or light stations and are located on land or in water. Lighted beacons are called lights; unlighted beacons are called daybeacons. More classically, beacons are fires ...
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17. BEACON
    See: Boston Exchange Automated Communication Order-Routing Network
    Found on http://www.duke.edu/~charvey/Classes/wpg
    
    
18. Beacon
    • (n.) A high hill near the shore. • (n.) That which gives notice of danger. • (v. t.) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine. • (v. t.) To furnish with a beacon or beacons. • (n.) A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning. • (n.) A signal or conspi...
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19. beacon
    (from the article `lighthouse`) The forerunners of lighthouses proper were beacon fires kindled on hilltops, the earliest references to which are contained in the Iliad and the ...
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20. Beacon
    city, Dutchess county, southeastern New York, U.S. It lies at the foot of Mount Beacon, on the east bank of the Hudson River (there bridged to ...
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21. Beacon
    Message on Linac serial data link flashed by a secondary microprocessor when the link repeater upstream of it fails.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc
    
    
22. Beacon
    Message on Linac serial data link flashed by a secondary microprocessor when the link repeater upstream of it fails.
    Found on http://www-bdnew.fnal.gov/operations/acc
    
    
23. beacon
    1. fixed artificial navigation mark. It may carry a signal light 2. signal light used to indicate a designated geographical location NOTE - In French, the term "balise" refers also to an artificial object that is used to regulate vehicular or pedestrian traffic.
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