SOS means help or mayday.
There is a rumor that it stands for "save our ship." This is not true. It was chosen because the Morse Code pattern - three dots, three dashes, three dots - is simple to do and easy to recognize. S.O.S. has been said to mean "Save Our Seamen", "Save our Ship", "Survivors On Shore" or "Save Our Souls", but these are just ways to help people remember the correct letters for the prosign. These phrases are actually backronyms -- acronyms created afterword to help with memorization.
There is no full for SOS, but it is a distress signal in the Morse code, which goes like this : (· · · - - - · · ·)
Save our Souls - HELP
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When they are in distress.
S O S :. . . / _ _ _ / . . .Letter S: ( . . . )Letter O: ( _ _ _ )SOS is correctly transmitted as one morse character (no character gaps) not three individual characters.. . . _ _ _ . . .
SOS is a signal in Morse system for help.
SOS can mean several things. The most common interpretation is is Save Our Ship. The second one is Save Our Souls.
SOS
The abbreviation for a distress signal is DS or SOS.
There is no full for SOS, but it is a distress signal in the Morse code, which goes like this : (· · · - - - · · ·)
1. The letters SOS are the Morse Code signal used as an international distress signal, especially by ships and aircraft.2. A call or signal for help.
The letters SOS in Morse code mean HELP.'SOS' is the Morse code international distress signal. 'We require the material on an SOS basis...' means on 'an emergency basis...'.On the other hand, sos is a medical abbreviation that means "as needed," which would give an answer almost opposite to the original answer. Ah, the hazards of abbreviations!
SOS
SOS in the SOS Children's Villages stands for "SOS" which is not an acronym but a signal of distress. It conveys the urgency and critical need for support and care for children without parental care or at risk of losing parental care.
SOS means Save Our Ship, which is a distress signal used obviously by ships in distress at the ocean.
SOS
Save our ship