base station
noun
: a transmitter that relays a wireless signal (as from a telephone line or Internet connection) to a smaller handheld device usually using radio frequencies
Cordless telephones come in two parts, a base station and a handset, that communicate by radio waves.—
Peter Kerr, New York Times, 12 Feb. 1983
Peter Kerr, New York Times, 12 Feb. 1983The tablet, which weighs less than 3 pounds, ranges 150 feet from its base station and receives data at speeds of 1.5 megabytes per second with DSL or broadband cable service.—Popular Science, January 2001
Popular Science, January 2001Dictionary Entries Near base station
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“Base station.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/base%20station. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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