call sign
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call sign (plural call signs)
- (broadcasting) A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.
- Synonym: call letters
- (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.
- 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.
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