signaling
noun
- The entirety of a process in which information is transmitted within a biological system. This process begins with an active signal and ends when a cellular response has been triggered.
Wiktionary
noun
- The sending of a signal (often with reference to a biochemical signal).
“A lot of visual signaling happens on the deck of an aircraft carrier.”
“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.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of signal
“He was signaling his readiness to undertake daring tasks.”