base stationn.

Brit.

/ˈbeɪs ˌsteɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˈbeɪs ˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: base n.¹, station n.

Etymology: < base n.¹ + station n.

1. Surveying. An accurately known fixed observation point in a survey; esp. each of the end points of the survey's baseline.

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1839 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1838 159 Determining the angle of deflection in London as the base station of both series.

1850 Message Governor Maryland (Comm. Boundary Lines Delaware, Maryland, & Pennsylvania) 62 Stations could not be erected at either of them [sc. marker stones] high enough to be seen from the base stations.

1926 Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. 1925–6 132 A plan for the unification of all the triangulation of the United States and the placing of the work on a single spheroid and a single base station.

1961 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 13 255 The primary base network was linked accurately with Professor Murphy's base station network in the Republic of Ireland.

2008 D. A. Grejner-Brzezinska in B. J. Allred et al. Handb. Agric. Geophysics ix. 188 A commonly used base station separation in the network ranges between a few kilometers to a few hundreds of kilometers.

2. A stationary installation or device for transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from a number of mobile devices; spec. (a) a relay station serving one of the cells of a cellular telephone network; (b) a short-range transceiver connecting a cordless phone to the main telephone network.

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1920 Brit. Patent 150,747 2/1 If two base stations are provided he [sc. a pilot] can locate a given spot with considerable accuracy by flying along the course line and observing the bearing of the other base station from time to time by rotating his aerial.

1948 Official Detective Stories May 44/3 A miniature radio transmitter which would flash pre-finish radio information [about horse races] to a Portland base station.

1968 Rep. Sel. Topics Telecommunications 125 Estimates remain to be made covering the amount of spectrum necessary to enable a base station to determine which cell..contains the one vehicle..that it wishes to contact.

1976 R. L. Perkowski & L. P. Stral Joy of CB xii. 142 A phone patch links a mobile rig to a land line through a base station.

1987 Which? Dec. 582/3 Each phone has two parts: a base station which is plugged into the phone socket and mains electricity, and the handset.

1996 Independent on Sunday 31 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 48/2 The advantage of geostationary orbit..is that satellites placed in it can receive signals from the same base stations and rebroadcast to the same receivers all the time.

2005 Daily Tel. 16 June 11/3 To use BT Fusion, homes must sign up to BT Broadband, They will be given, a free base station, called a hub, and a free handset.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	base station
释义	base stationn. Brit. /ˈbeɪs ˌsteɪʃn/, U.S. /ˈbeɪs ˌsteɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: base n.¹, station n. Etymology: < base n.¹ + station n. 1. Surveying. An accurately known fixed observation point in a survey; esp. each of the end points of the survey's baseline. ΚΠ 1839 Rep. Brit. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 1838 159 Determining the angle of deflection in London as the base station of both series. 1850 Message Governor Maryland (Comm. Boundary Lines Delaware, Maryland, & Pennsylvania) 62 Stations could not be erected at either of them [sc. marker stones] high enough to be seen from the base stations. 1926 Rep. Nat. Acad. Sci. 1925–6 132 A plan for the unification of all the triangulation of the United States and the placing of the work on a single spheroid and a single base station. 1961 Irish Naturalists' Jrnl. 13 255 The primary base network was linked accurately with Professor Murphy's base station network in the Republic of Ireland. 2008 D. A. Grejner-Brzezinska in B. J. Allred et al. Handb. Agric. Geophysics ix. 188 A commonly used base station separation in the network ranges between a few kilometers to a few hundreds of kilometers. 2. A stationary installation or device for transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from a number of mobile devices; spec. (a) a relay station serving one of the cells of a cellular telephone network; (b) a short-range transceiver connecting a cordless phone to the main telephone network. ΚΠ 1920 Brit. Patent 150,747 2/1 If two base stations are provided he [sc. a pilot] can locate a given spot with considerable accuracy by flying along the course line and observing the bearing of the other base station from time to time by rotating his aerial. 1948 Official Detective Stories May 44/3 A miniature radio transmitter which would flash pre-finish radio information [about horse races] to a Portland base station. 1968 Rep. Sel. Topics Telecommunications 125 Estimates remain to be made covering the amount of spectrum necessary to enable a base station to determine which cell..contains the one vehicle..that it wishes to contact. 1976 R. L. Perkowski & L. P. Stral Joy of CB xii. 142 A phone patch links a mobile rig to a land line through a base station. 1987 Which? Dec. 582/3 Each phone has two parts: a base station which is plugged into the phone socket and mains electricity, and the handset. 1996 Independent on Sunday 31 Mar. (Review Suppl.) 48/2 The advantage of geostationary orbit..is that satellites placed in it can receive signals from the same base stations and rebroadcast to the same receivers all the time. 2005 Daily Tel. 16 June 11/3 To use BT Fusion, homes must sign up to BT Broadband, They will be given, a free base station, called a hub, and a free handset. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1839
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