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numbers stations

numbers stations is the plural of numbers station.

Meaning of numbers station

Noun

numbers station (plural numbers stations)

  1. A shortwave radio station characterized by unusual broadcasts, often of artificially generated voices reciting streams of numbers, words, etc., supposedly of coded messages.
    • The most common numbers station features a young lady reading the numbers in Spanish. Other stations have both male and female voices reading numbers in Spanish, German, English and Chinese. So far, nobody has been able to decode any of the messages!October 1986, William O'Connell, “Get On The Air”, in Boys' Life, volume 76, number 10, page 35

Questions about numbers stations

What is numbers stations the plural of?
Numbers stations is the plural of numbers station.

Words near numbers stations in the dictionary

  1. numbers juggling
  2. numbers needed to harm
  3. numbers racket
  4. numbers rackets
  5. numbers station
  6. numbers stations
  7. numbers-matching
  8. numbersome
  9. numbertaker
  10. numbertakers
  11. numberwang

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