call sign

See also: callsign and call-sign

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call sign

Examples (military call signs)
CHARLIE PAPA D6P

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.
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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