base station (English, noun)
expansion: base station (plural base stations)
Senses:
topics: geography
natural-sciences
surveying
glosses: A GPS receiver at known fixed location, used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS receivers.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
networking
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A radio receiver/transmitter that serves as the hub of the local wireless network, and may also be the gateway between a wired network and the wireless network.
topics: broadcasting
media
radio
glosses: A radio transceiver permanently or semipermanently installed in a fixed location on land, typically used to communicate with mobile stations and/or other base stations
Forms:
form: base stations
tags: plural