downlink

Examples

• All

• The first indications of the start of hostilities came when the downlink facilities from US satellite systems simultaneously went off the air.

  Fiction book (1994)

• As part of the TMDI Theater Missile Defense Initiative, which we fortunately procured in the late 1990s, the theater commander gets downlink information from our DSP west.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Ed, have you got the signal-to-noise ratio on the downlink?

  Into the Night (1985)

• I need the signal-to-noise ratio on the downlink.

  Into the Night (1985)

• The NMCC node for the link was not the only one, but it was the primary downlink.

  Fiction book (1991)

• The technology existed then and certainly exists now to create mobile uplink and downlink stations.

  Fiction book (1994)

• Phone company spokesmen reached by emergency satellite downlink are unable to explain the cause or offer a firm estimate for the resumption of service.

  Fiction book (1996)

• The library contains first-rate lighting, audio, and acoustics to accommodate professional theatrical productions, and a satellite downlink for viewing broadcast and transmitted productions.

  Academic text (2003)

• The destruction of these downlink centers virtually crippled the ability of the Joint Warning Indications Center (JWIC) to monitor the crisis area.

  Fiction book (1994)

• The first-class compartment had two-way video-quality downlinks, letting him talk live with sportscasters.

  Fiction book (2001)

Synonyms

R

radio link

vsdownlink

• Specialized

1 3.3

A two-way wireless connection that sends voice or data between places

uses the same medium but transmits one way from satellite or central source

D

data link

vsdownlink

• Specialized

1 4.0

A connection that sends and receives digital information between two places

sends information only one way from a central transmitter to receivers

Antonyms

U

to uplink

• Specialized

9 5.1

To send data from a device to a satellite or network

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Etymology