DOWNLINK

Etymology

Noun

downlink (plural downlinks)

(telecommunications) The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.

(telecommunications) Transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.

Verb

downlink (third-person singular simple present downlinks, present participle downlinking, simple past and past participle downlinked)

To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.

Antonyms

• uplink

Source: Wiktionary



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