uplink

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noun

The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.

Opposite
downlink
Less commonScrabble 12
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Meanings

nounuplink (plural uplinks)

plural uplinks

  1. The portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.

    Antonyms: downlink

  2. by analogy; less formally; by analogy; less formallycommunicationsThe communication path from a mobile device to a base station, a consumer to the network backbone, a client device to a server, etc.
  3. Data transmission from a data station to the headend.
verbuplink (third-person singular simple present uplinks, present participle uplinking, simple past and past participle uplinked)

present singular third person uplinks · participle present uplinking · participle past uplinked · past uplinked

  1. transitiveTo transmit a signal by means of an uplink.

    Antonyms: downlink

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe portion of a communications link used for the transmission of signals from a ground station to a satellite or to an airborne platform.

Opposite
downlink

verbTo transmit a signal by means of an uplink.

Opposite
downlink

Origin

From up + link.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

linkup
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APA

uplink. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplink

MLA

“uplink.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplink. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uplink,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uplink.

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