uplinkn.
A communication link for transmissions from the earth to a satellite, weather balloon, etc. Frequently attributive.
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star1924
star network1924
data link1953
downlink1963
uplink1968
integrated services digital network1974
ISDN1974
UMTS1990
1968 W. M. Griggs AMSS Prototype Radiosonde (Rep. AD-680-409) 4 The radiosonde is designed to perform two functions... As a transponder, it must receive the uplink range tones.
1975 Sci. Amer. June 127/1 Since its launch in late 1972 it has offered a repeater service open to all, with an uplink at two meters and a downlink at 10.
1982 New Scientist 9 Sept. 682/1 These ‘uplink’ signals are at frequencies between 5·9 and 6·4 gigahertz.
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uplinkv.
/ˈʌplɪŋk/, U.S. /ˈəpˌlɪŋk/ Telecommunications.
transitive. To relay (data or a signal) by means of an uplink. Cf. downlink v.
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to get through1819
relay1872
transmit1877
uplink1975
downlink1978
1975 Phi Delta Kappan 56 540/1 The first educational television programme was uplinked to ATS-6 from Rosman at 9:00am EDT on July 2, 1974.
1991 Omni Apr. 104/2 I can uplink fax transmissions to a satellite, receive telexes, and bring wide-body airplanes screaming out of the sky.
1999 Balloons & Airships Mar. 20/1 The footage was up-linked to a chase aircraft which carried the compatible microwave equipment on board.
2005 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 9 Oct. i. 23/4 The event..was uplinked to a satellite for use by TV stations around the state.
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