Definitions for call sign

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

call′ sign`(n.)

  1. Category: Showbiz

    Ref: call letters.

Origin of call sign:

1915–20

Wiktionary

  1. call sign(Noun)

    A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.

  2. call sign(Noun)

    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. Also called CS. (JP 1-02 Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms.)

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

  1. call sign

    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. Also called CS. See also collective call sign; indefinite call sign; international call sign; net call sign; tactical call sign; visual call sign; voice call sign.


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