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ID: 300411475
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300411475

 

Record Type: concept
semaphores (signaling equipment) (signaling equipment, <equipment by process>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Signaling apparatuses consisting of an upright post with one or more arms that can be moved in a vertical plane, different positions of the arm or arms representing different letters or messages. Semaphores were often placed on towers in lines across the landscape, sending messages for distances prior to the invention of the telegraph.
 
Terms:
semaphores (signaling equipment) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
semaphore (signaling equipment) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
semafoor (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
semaforen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.TH

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
.... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name)
........ Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of equipment
............ equipment (G)
Hierarchy of <equipment by process>
................ <equipment by process> (G)
Hierarchy of signaling equipment
.................... signaling equipment (G)
Hierarchy of semaphores (signaling equipment)
........................ semaphores (signaling equipment) (P,U)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een toestel om informatie door te geven door middel van visuele signalen zoals vlaggen of lampen waarvan de positie gewijzigd kan worden. 

Related concepts:
produced by ....  semaphore (activity)
....................  (signaling, communication functions, ... Functions (hierarchy name)) [300417340]

Sources and Contributors:
semafoor............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
semaforen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
....................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
....................  Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)
semaphore (signaling equipment)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.....................................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.....................................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
semaphores (signaling equipment)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP Preferred]
.....................................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.....................................................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
.....................................................  Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary [online] (1997-2002)
.....................................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... Van Dale Online Woordenboek (2014-)

 

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