call sign

noun

: the combination of identifying letters, letters and numbers, or words assigned to an operator, office, activity, vehicle, or station for use in communication (as in the address of a message sent by radio)

Examples of call sign in a Sentence

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The call sign of Radio Mali is a refrain from the Epic of Sundiata that Balla Fasséké Kouyaté first performed. Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024 Each of the pilots' seats are decorated according to their call sign. Angelika Ytuarte, Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2024 Another officer with the 148th separate artillery brigade who goes by call sign Senator told CNN that there is still a lot more that Ukraine needs. Ivana Kottasová, CNN, 14 July 2024 The operating frequencies of the historical society’s amateur station, under the call sign K6KPH, are 3550, 7050, 14050, 18097.5 and 21050. Lisa M. Krieger, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for call sign 

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of call sign was in 1907

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“Call sign.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/call%20sign. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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