local sign

British  

noun

1. physiol the information from a receptor in the eye or the skin signifying respectively a direction in space or a given point on the body

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Example Sentences

With the help of a local sign painter, she spent three days creating enormous spatial illusions: bold diagonals, circles, arrows, letters and blocks of bull’s-eye colors.

From New York Times • May 8, 2024

“I had to go to a local sign store and have them design a sign and pay for it,” he said.

From The Guardian • Jan. 13, 2020

Sheriff Tom Jones says the new patrol car “was awaiting installation of vinyl graphics” from a local sign vendor, a small company that hadn’t yet gotten the graphics ready.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 26, 2014

Although it affects only a small part of the population, everyone here knows the local sign language, and deaf and hearing individuals marry without regard to either party’s ability to hear.

From Nature

Half a day, or even a day before any local sign of changing wind or growing cloud appears the barometer is on the job.

From Reading the Weather by Longstreth, Thomas Morris