radio link
1
3.3
- noun
- /ˈreɪdioʊ lɪŋk/
- Specialized
:
enlace de radio
- The astronauts established a strong radio link with mission control to transmit their findings.
Examples
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A reliable radio link is essential for communication during the rescue operation.
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This place must have some kind of radio link!
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They talk through their helmet radio links.
Fiction book (1998) -
There, the signals are transmitted via radio links to a data center for correlation.
Academic text (1996) -
"Once you're all covered over, it's gonna degrade our radio link," Pancho said.
Fiction book (2001) -
A radio link is established by using a pair of low-cost transmitter and receiver modules manufactured by Laipac Tech Incorporated.
Academic text (2007) -
The team tested the radio link to ensure it could handle the demands of the live broadcast.
Synonyms
684
1.4
A connection between people, things, or places
230
3.6
An official way to send information
3
4.1
A connection that lets computers or other electronic devices send data to each other
1
4.0
A connection that sends and receives digital information between two places
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'radio' (using radio waves) combined with 'link' (a connection or channel) clearly yields a communication channel established via radio. This noun-noun compound follows a productive cross-linguistic pattern and, despite being somewhat technical, a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The phrase radio link comes from the image of an invisible bridge made by radio waves that link two places. So, a radio link means a 'connection' that works 'without wires'.