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Sos - What does it mean?

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sos

Translingual

Symbol

(head)
  • emergency, mayday, distress

    • Usage notes

    The code SOS is normally only used in text transmission; for voice communication, mayday is used. The sequence is normally transmitted run together without any letter spacing in between, so it is technically a single unique code rather than a series of three letters.

    Synonyms

    * (l)

    See also

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.