Phrase guide

numbers station

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A shortwave radio station characterized by unusual broadcasts, often of artificially generated voices reciting streams of numbers, words, etc., supposedly of coded messages.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: broadcasting, espionage, government, media, military, politics, radio, war

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Across languages

Translations

8 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 數字電台 /数字电台 (shùzì diàntái) — shortwave radio station
  • Finnish: numeroasema — shortwave radio station
  • French: station de nombres — shortwave radio station
  • Japanese: 乱数放送 (ransū hōsō) — shortwave radio station
  • Japanese: 暗号放送 (angō hōsō) — shortwave radio station
  • Japanese: ナンバーステーション (nanbā sutēshon) — shortwave radio station
  • Russian: номерная радиостанция (nomernaja radiostancija) — shortwave radio station
  • Russian: числовая радиостанция (čislovaja radiostancija) — shortwave radio station