uplink
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7.5
- noun
- /ˈʌpˌlɪŋk/
- Specialized
:
enlace ascendente
- During the launch, the engineers monitored the uplink to ensure a steady signal.
- satellite uplink
- downlinks and uplinks
Examples
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Basic communications uplink, which suggests extensive communications ability.
Fiction book (1997) -
In no time, the crew had popped open their rooftop dish and we had the satellite uplink.
Fiction book (1995) -
We're going to send the uplink code in 20 minutes.
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You know, one with a satellite uplink, like I used to have.
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Sir, we just got this off the uplink.
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How long for the uplink?
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Have you got the uplink?
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With the delay in satellite uplink, it's too difficult to shoot at a moving target.
Blog text (18) -
I'm sending you a visual uplink now.
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There's a satellite uplink with an encrypted backup.
Synonyms
1
3.3
A two-way wireless connection that sends voice or data between places
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4.0
A connection that sends and receives digital information between two places
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uplink is a simple compound of up and link. Up means 'towards the sky' and link means 'a connection', so an uplink is the connection used to send signals up to a satellite.