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base stations

base stations is the plural of base station.

Meaning of base station

Noun

base station (plural base stations)

  1. A GPS receiver at known fixed location, used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS receivers.
  2. A radio receiver/transmitter that serves as the hub of the local wireless network, and may also be the gateway between a wired network and the wireless network.
    • Used from mobile network operators' (MNOs) usual base stations, these waves work well in open country, which gives passengers a decent service. But DfT's report says that MNO base stations are not optimised for railways.2022 September 7, Philip Haigh, “Wireless coverage leaves us hanging on our telephones”, in RAIL, number 965, page 42
  3. A radio transceiver permanently or semipermanently installed in a fixed location on land, typically used to communicate with mobile stations and/or other base stations

Questions about base stations

What is base stations the plural of?
Base stations is the plural of base station.

Words near base stations in the dictionary

  1. base sheet
  2. base sheets
  3. base station
  4. base station subsystem
  5. base station subsystems
  6. base stations
  7. base tunnel
  8. base tunnels
  9. base unit
  10. base units
  11. base upon

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