"uplink" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: uplinks [plural]
Etymology: From up + link. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|up|link}} up + link Head templates: {{en-noun}} uplink (plural uplinks)

Verb [English]

Forms: uplinks [present, singular, third-person], uplinking [participle, present], uplinked [participle, past], uplinked [past]
Etymology: From up + link. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|up|link}} up + link Head templates: {{en-verb}} uplink (third-person singular simple present uplinks, present participle uplinking, simple past and past participle uplinked)

Inflected forms

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      "name": "en-noun"
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      "glosses": [
        "The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of a downlink. An uplink or downlink is distinguished from reverse link or forward link."
      ],
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        [
          "transmission",
          "transmission"
        ],
        [
          "Earth terminal",
          "Earth terminal"
        ],
        [
          "satellite",
          "satellite"
        ],
        [
          "downlink",
          "downlink"
        ],
        [
          "reverse link",
          "reverse link"
        ],
        [
          "forward link",
          "forward link"
        ]
      ]
    },
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        "The communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server etc."
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      ]
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        "Data transmission from a data station to the headend."
      ],
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        [
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          "headend",
          "headend"
        ]
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    }
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    },
    {
      "form": "uplinking",
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        "participle",
        "present"
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    {
      "form": "uplinked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uplinked",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
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  ],
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        "To transmit a signal by means of an uplink."
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  "etymology_text": "From up + link.",
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      "tags": [
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    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "uplink (plural uplinks)",
      "name": "en-noun"
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  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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        "The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from an Earth terminal to a satellite or to an airborne platform. An uplink is the converse of a downlink. An uplink or downlink is distinguished from reverse link or forward link."
      ],
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          "link"
        ],
        [
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          "transmission"
        ],
        [
          "Earth terminal",
          "Earth terminal"
        ],
        [
          "satellite",
          "satellite"
        ],
        [
          "downlink",
          "downlink"
        ],
        [
          "reverse link",
          "reverse link"
        ],
        [
          "forward link",
          "forward link"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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      ],
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      ]
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      ],
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          "transmission",
          "transmission"
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  ],
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  "forms": [
    {
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      "tags": [
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        "singular",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uplinking",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uplinked",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "uplinked",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "To transmit a signal by means of an uplink."
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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