call sign

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See also: callsign and call-sign

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Examples (military call signs)
  • CHARLIE PAPA
  • D6P

call sign (plural call signs)

  1. (broadcasting) A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.
    Synonym: call letters
  2. (military) Any combination of characters or pronounceable words, which identifies a communication facility, a command, an authority, an activity, or a unit; used primarily for establishing and maintaining communications.
    Synonym: (initialism) CS
    Coordinate terms: name, handle, alias
    • 1986, Jim Cash, Jack Epps Jr., Top Gun (motion picture):
      Charlie: I'm Charlotte Blackwood.
      Maverick: I'm Maverick.
      Charlie: Did your mother not like you?
      Maverick: No, it's my call sign.
    • 2023 June 17, Dan Sabbagh, “‘It’s 21st-century warfare’: on Ukraine’s counteroffensive frontline”, in The Guardian[1], →ISSN:
      Four drone operators, led by Shved, whose call sign means “the Swede” on account of his blond hair, []

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