distress signaling
1distress call — noun an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed • Syn: ↑distress signal • Hypernyms: ↑signal, ↑signaling, ↑sign • Hyponyms: ↑SOS, ↑Mayday …
2signaling — noun any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message (Freq. 1) signals from the boat suddenly stopped • Syn: ↑signal, ↑sign • Derivationally related forms: ↑sign (for: ↑sign) …
3distress signal — noun an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed • Syn: ↑distress call • Hypernyms: ↑signal, ↑signaling, ↑sign • Hyponyms: ↑SOS, ↑Mayday …
4Pan-pan — A call of pan pan [http://www.tc.gc.ca/MarineSafety/TP/Tp9878/menu.htm#8 Safety and Distress Radiotelephone Procedures] ] means there is an emergency on board a boat, ship, aircraft or other vehicle but that, for the time being at least, there is …
5Second Mate — Infobox shipping job name = Second mate othernames = Second officer photo = Sekstant.jpg photo department = Deck department licensed = Yes epoch = location = watchstander = watch at sea = Mate on watch watch at sea time = 00:00 04:00, 12:00 16:00 …
6VDSD — visual distress signaling device …
7Backpacking (wilderness) — This article is about backpacking in the wilderness. For other uses, see Backpacker. Backpacking in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming …
8Personal flotation device — A man wearing a life vest, with another life vest hanging at the lower left. A personal flotation device (abbreviated as PFD; also referred to as, lifejacket, life preserver, Mae West, life vest, life saver, cork jacket, buoyancy aid, flotation… …
9VDSD — abbr. visual distress signaling device …
10Survival kit — First aid pack of the French Army …
