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down⋅link

[doun-lingk]
–noun
1. a transmission path for data or other signals from a communications satellite or airborne platform to an earth station.
–adjective
2. pertaining to such transmission.
Compare uplink.


Origin:
1965–70; down 1 + link
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down·link   (doun'lĭngk')   
n.  A transmission path for the communication of signals and data from a communications satellite or other space vehicle to the earth and back.
down'link' v.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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