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Meaning of "call sign" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CALL SIGN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CALL SIGN

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Call sign is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CALL SIGN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

call sign

Call sign

In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations. A call sign can be formally assigned by a government agency, informally adopted by individuals or organizations, or even cryptographically encoded to disguise a station's identity. The use of call signs as unique identifiers dates to the landline railroad telegraph system. Because there was only one telegraph line linking all railroad stations, there needed to be a way to address each one when sending a telegram. In order to save time, two-letter identifiers were adopted for this purpose. This pattern continued in radiotelegraph operation; radio companies initially assigned two-letter identifiers to coastal stations and stations aboard ships at sea. These were not globally unique, so a one-letter company identifier was later added. By 1912, the need to quickly identify stations operated by multiple companies in multiple nations required an international standard; an ITU prefix would be used to identify a country, and the rest of the call sign an individual station in that country.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CALL SIGN

call letters
call loan
call mark
call money
call number
call of nature
call off
call option
call out
call rate
call screening
call signal
call slip
call someone´s bluff
call the shots
call the tune
call to account
call to mind
call up
call waiting

WORDS THAT END LIKE CALL SIGN

air sign
birth sign
design
dollar sign
earth sign
equal sign
equals sign
Indian sign
inn sign
minus sign
negative sign
neon sign
peace sign
plus sign
pound sign
road sign
star sign
stop sign
sun sign
traffic sign
warning sign

Synonyms and antonyms of call sign in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «call sign» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CALL SIGN

Find out the translation of call sign to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of call sign from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «call sign» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

呼号
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

distintivo de llamada
570 millions of speakers

English

call sign
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फोन पर हस्ताक्षर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إشارة النداء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

позывной
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

indicativo de chamada
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কল চিহ্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

signe l´appel
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

tanda panggilan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Rufzeichen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

コールサインオン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

호출 부호
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tandha panggilan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gọi dấu
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அழைப்பு அடையாளம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कॉल चिन्ह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çağrı işareti
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

segnale di chiamata
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

znak wywoławczy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

позивний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

indicativul de apel
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κλήσεως
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

roepsein
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

anropssignal
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kallesignal
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of call sign

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CALL SIGN»

The term «call sign» is regularly used and occupies the 63.786 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CALL SIGN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about call sign

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CALL SIGN»

Discover the use of call sign in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to call sign and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Call Sign, White Lily (New, Enlarged Fourth Edition with ...
Yet the story of her transformation from child to Hero of the Soviet Union is more than fascinating.
M. G. Crisci, Yelena Siplovap, Valentina Vaschenko, 2014
2
Call Sign Revlon: The Life and Death of Navy Fighter Pilot ...
A biography of Kara Hultgreen, the first woman to fly the Navy's F-14 in a combat squadron and the first female fighter pilot to die in the line of duty
Sally Spears, 1998
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The ARRL Operating Manual for Radio Amateurs
According to the ITU Radio Regulations, an amateur call sign must start with one or two letters as a prefix, although sometimes the first or second character might be a number (as in 8P for Barbados). The prefix is followed by a number ...
Mark J. Wilson, American Radio Relay League, 2007
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The ARRL Ham Radio License Manual: All You Need to Become an ...
In most contacts the other party can't see you—they have no other way of identifying your signals besides your call sign. It's also important that other stations be able to determine who is transmitting. Your call sign is your identity on the air and ...
H. Ward Silver, 2006
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Call Sign: Purple Three: Patrolling the Us Sector of the ...
Patrolling the Us Sector of the Korean Dmz Mark Heathco. you're going to the snack bar, bring me back a Coke.” I hand him some money. “Sergeant Heathco, how did you know where I was going?” “Just a lucky guess. Or maybe it's the look in ...
Mark Heathco, 2013
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Second Platoon: Call Sign Hades
Very humbly and out of respect for my new Commanding Officer, I made the suggestion (with the backing of my Platoon Sergeant and Squad Leaders) that my platoon shed the “Lima” call sign to eliminate any and all confusion with my ...
First Lieutenant Mark A. Bodrog, 2013
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ARRL's VHF Digital Handbook
D-STAR. NETWORKING. Figure 4-5—The header potion of each D-STAR packet can carry up to four different call signs. Own Call Sign #2 isn't counted because it only contains suffix information. Gateway / Internet Figure 4-6— The call signs ...
Steve Ford, 2008
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MotorBoating
(813) 2298111 KTR 860 Pebble Beach 28 Monterey Bay (408) 424-2903 (313) 87745752 KLU 727 San Luis Obispo 26 (Call sign only) (805) 543-3820 st Petersburg (813) 8955583 KUF 739 Santa Barbara 25 Santa Barbara (805) 963- 0511 ...
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MotorBoating
Marie 26 soo Marine Opr. (517) 734-2146 9 y) I I ' WLC Rogers City 26 6 2a Rogers City (517) 734-2146 WLO Coden 25 8 28 (Call sign only) (205)666-5110 WLC “was city 26 Tawas city (517) 7344146 FLORIDA KUF 718 Bay City 28 (Call  ...
10
Ham Radio For Dummies
Each call sign is unique. Many call signs contain NO or AX, for example, but only one call sign is NQAX. Each letter and number in a call sign is pronounced individually and not as a word — “N zero A X,” for example, not “No-axe.” Hams use ...
H. Ward Silver, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CALL SIGN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term call sign is used in the context of the following news items.
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​SUSPECTED ARSON: Fire in garage block in Bletchley, Milton …
At 7.53pm an appliance and crew from Bletchley (call sign FJC 12P1) and one from Broughton (call sign FJC 13P1) attended. Firefighters used ... «MK News, Jul 15»
2
Amateur Radio Club of Parker County has a field day reaching out
The club's call sign is W5PC, and members teach free classes on two consecutive Saturdays a few times a year, Nixon said. Graduation is ... «Fort Worth Star Telegram, Jul 15»
3
Mystery flight survivors seek answers
According to the flight plan, the airplane, using the call sign AF-5882, was to fly at 9,000 feet for a 13-hour flight with enough fuel to stay ... «Shreveport Times, Jul 15»
4
These are the 5 Russian generals already fighting the new Cold War
Referring to Zavizion, SBU official Markiian Lubkivskyi wrote on Facebook that “a citizen of the Russian Federation…with the call sign Alagir is ... «We Are The Mighty, Jul 15»
5
Azelle Rodney killing: police marksman cleared of murder
Long, who was only previously referred to by his 'E7' call sign, was on duty as a specialist firearms officer (SFO) when his team was ordered to ... «Harrow Times, Jul 15»
6
The Last Ship Recap 7/5/15: Season 2 Episode 4 "Solace"
They get nothing. Kara says they may have brought their call sign with them and then Tom asks Gator to check their beacon but there's nothing. «Celebrity Dirty Laundry, Jul 15»
7
Hopkins Ham Radio Operators Link to World
Once licensed, each operator is assigned a call sign, consisting of numbers and letters to designate their general locations. Wright said he was ... «SurfKY News, Jul 15»
8
Azelle Rodney trial: Anthony Long cleared of murder 10 years after …
The court heard Long, whose call sign was E7, joined the force in 1975 and had 30 years' experience before the fatal shooting. Despite this, Mr ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jul 15»
9
Colorado Silver Star recipient memorialized by pens made from bullets
The name of Falkel's company, Junior's Bullet Pens, comes from his son's radio call sign. His father registered the business on the day that ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
10
Thunderbirds ready to soar at Cherry Festival in Traverse City
All the while, "Cheeetah," who gave me the call sign "Spartan" (it was either that or "Wolverine"), talked me through the jet's capabilities, the ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»

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