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uplink

uplink noun: the portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.

Noun

uplink (plural uplinks)

  1. The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.
    Antonyms:
    downlink
  2. (by analogy, less formally) The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server, etc.
  3. Data transmission from a data station to the headend.

Verb

uplink (third-person singular simple present uplinks, present participle uplinking, simple past and past participle uplinked)

  1. (transitive) To transmit a signal by means of an uplink.
    Antonyms:
    downlink

Antonyms of uplink

Forms of uplink

Noun
pluraluplinks
Verb
third-person singular presentuplinks
present participleuplinking
past participleuplinked
pastuplinked

Plural of uplink: uplinks

Origin of uplink

From up + link.

Questions about uplink

What does uplink mean?
Uplink means the portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.
What part of speech is uplink?
Uplink can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of uplink?
The plural of uplink is uplinks.

Words near uplink in the dictionary

  1. uplights
  2. upline
  3. uplines
  4. Uplinger
  5. Uplingers
  6. uplink
  7. uplinked
  8. uplinking
  9. uplinks
  10. uplist
  11. uplisted

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