English

Alternative forms

• signalling (UK)

Verb

signaling

1. present participle of signal

Noun

signaling ‎(plural signalings)

1. (usually biochemistry) The sending of a biochemical or other type of signal.
   • 1881, Mary E. Jackson, The Spy of Osawatomie, page 319:

     The handkerchiefs were tied together, and ordering the men to stand between himself and the main body, he began a series of signalings, as if communicating with some one in the ravine, from whence they had just come.

   • 2008, Alexander Sigalov, Multichain Immune Recognition Receptor Signaling, page 82:

     It arises as a consequence of the multiple interactions that occur after a ligand triggers a receptor to initiate a signaling cascade and it ensures that false signals do not propagate to completion.

   • 2012, Nader G. Abraham, Molecular Biology of Hematopoiesis 6, page 157:

     This may be due to the fact that gp130 expression is very low on this subpopulation or that signalings from gp130 alone cannot maintain survival or proliferation in these cells.