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up⋅link

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


Origin:
1965–70; up- + link 1
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up·link   (ŭp'lĭngk')   
n.  A transmission path by which radio or other signals are sent to an aircraft or a communications satellite.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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