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beacon
English
Etymology
From Middle English beken, from Old English b?acn (“sign, signal”), from Proto-West Germanic *baukn, from Proto-Germanic *baukn? (compare West Frisian beaken (“buoy”), Dutch baken (“beacon”), Middle Low German b?ke (“beacon, sign”), German Bake (“traffic sign”), Middle High German bouchen (“sign”)), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *b?eh?u-, *b?eh?- (“to shine”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?bi?k?n/
- Rhymes: -i?k?n
Noun
beacon (plural beacons)
- A signal fire to notify of the approach of an enemy, or to give any notice, commonly of warning.
- 1713, John Gay, The Rural Sports
- No flaming beacons cast their blaze afar.
- 1713, John Gay, The Rural Sports
- (nautical) A signal or conspicuous mark erected on an eminence near the shore, or moored in shoal water, as a guide to mariners.
- A post or buoy placed over a shoal or bank to warn vessels of danger; also a signal mark on land. (FM 55-501)
- A high hill or other easily distinguishable object near the shore which can serve as guidance for seafarers.
- (figuratively) That which gives notice of danger, or keeps people on the correct path.
- An electronic device that broadcasts a signal to nearby portable devices, enabling smartphones etc. to perform actions when in physical proximity to the beacon.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- cairn
- leading mark
- navigation aid
- navigation mark
- radar reflector
- sea mark, seamark
Verb
beacon (third-person singular simple present beacons, present participle beaconing, simple past and past participle beaconed)
- (intransitive) To act as a beacon.
- (transitive) To give light to, as a beacon; to light up; to illumine.
- 1801, Thomas Campbell, Lochiel's Warning
- That beacons the darkness of heaven.
- 1801, Thomas Campbell, Lochiel's Warning
- (transitive) To furnish with a beacon or beacons.
Related terms
- beckon
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metrics
English
Noun
metrics
- plural of metric
Noun
metrics (uncountable)
- The study of metrical verse.
- The statistical analysis of data sets or big data.
- The theory of measurement.
Verb
metrics
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of metric
Translations
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