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downlink

noun
/ˈdaʊnlɪŋk/

Etymology

From down- + link.

  1. inherited from *kleng-✻
  2. inherited from *hlankaz✻ — “bendsome, flexible”
  3. inherited from *hlankiz✻
  4. derived from *hlenkr✻
  5. inherited from hlenċe
  6. inherited from linke
  7. prefixed as downlink — “down + link”

Definitions

  1. The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth

    The transmission of a signal from a satellite to a receiving station on earth; or the means of this transmission.

  2. The transmission of data from a network, usually wireless, to the user.

  3. To transmit a signal from a satellite to a terrestrial receiving station.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for downlink. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA