See downlink in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "down",
"3": "link"
},
"expansion": "down- + link",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From down- + link.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "downlinks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "downlink (plural downlinks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"down",
"link"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Telecommunications",
"orig": "en:Telecommunications",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "39 48 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 34 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with down-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 41 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 41 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission."
],
"id": "en-downlink-en-noun-tkVEUwl6",
"links": [
[
"telecommunications",
"telecommunications"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission."
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications"
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Telecommunications",
"orig": "en:Telecommunications",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"_dis": "39 48 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 34 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with down-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 41 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 41 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"The transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user."
],
"id": "en-downlink-en-noun-Z3dOoSgE",
"links": [
[
"telecommunications",
"telecommunications"
],
[
"network",
"network"
],
[
"user",
"user"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(telecommunications) The transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user."
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/"
}
],
"word": "downlink"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "uplink"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "down",
"3": "link"
},
"expansion": "down- + link",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From down- + link.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "downlinks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "downlinking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "downlinked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "downlinked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "downlink (third-person singular simple present downlinks, present participle downlinking, simple past and past participle downlinked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"down",
"link"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "39 48 13",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "26 34 39",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English terms prefixed with down-",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "38 41 21",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
},
{
"_dis": "36 41 23",
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station."
],
"id": "en-downlink-en-verb-07LnN-F2",
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/"
}
],
"word": "downlink"
}
{
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with down-",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "down",
"3": "link"
},
"expansion": "down- + link",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From down- + link.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "downlinks",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "downlink (plural downlinks)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"down",
"link"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"en:Telecommunications"
],
"glosses": [
"The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission."
],
"links": [
[
"telecommunications",
"telecommunications"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission."
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications"
]
},
{
"categories": [
"en:Telecommunications"
],
"glosses": [
"The transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user."
],
"links": [
[
"telecommunications",
"telecommunications"
],
[
"network",
"network"
],
[
"user",
"user"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(telecommunications) The transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user."
],
"topics": [
"communications",
"electrical-engineering",
"engineering",
"natural-sciences",
"physical-sciences",
"telecommunications"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/"
}
],
"word": "downlink"
}
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "uplink"
}
],
"categories": [
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms prefixed with down-",
"English verbs",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "down",
"3": "link"
},
"expansion": "down- + link",
"name": "prefix"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From down- + link.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "downlinks",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "downlinking",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "downlinked",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "downlinked",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "downlink (third-person singular simple present downlinks, present participle downlinking, simple past and past participle downlinked)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"down",
"link"
]
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station."
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/"
}
],
"word": "downlink"
}
Download raw JSONL data for downlink meaning in English (2.9kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.