"colour light signal" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colour light signals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} colour light signal (plural colour light signals)
  1. (rail transport, British spelling) An electric railway signal with colour aspects, showing either red or green in a 2-aspect signal, with the addition of a yellow or double yellow aspect (meaning caution) in 3- and 4-aspect signals. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Rail transportation Synonyms: colour-light signal, color light signal, color-light signal Translations (railway signal): valo-opastin (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-colour_light_signal-en-noun-94Kwk7lm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport

Inflected forms

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