callsign

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A form of call sign — A combination of letters and numbers used to identify a radio or television station.

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Meanings

nouncallsign (plural callsigns)

plural callsigns

  1. alternativeAlternative form of call sign.
    1 more example

    On Friday night, eight US Air Force KC-135 Stratotankers took off from Altus, Oklahoma, according to data from FlightRadar24. Over Kansas the tankers refueled two groups of planes, identified on air traffic control audio by their callsigns MYTEE11 FLT and MYTEE21 FLT. The callsign MYTEE has previously been associated with special activity flights by B-2 bombers, and multiple flight trackers on social media said the planes being refueled were B-2 bombers out of Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri.

    2025 June 21, Thomas Bordeaux, Natasha Bertrand and Zachary Cohen, “US moves B-2 bombers as Trump weighs Iran options”, in CNN

Origin

From call + sign.

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APA

callsign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callsign

MLA

“callsign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callsign. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “callsign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/callsign.

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