Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

base station

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.73 in modern English

Syllables: base s-ta-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A GPS receiver at known fixed location, used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS receivers.

noun

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.

noun

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

Example Sentences

"Used from mobile network operators' (MNOs) usual base stations, these waves work well in open country, which gives passengers a decent service. But DfT's report says that MNO base stations are not optimised for railways."

Inflected Forms

base stations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

mobile station

Questions

What does base station mean?: A GPS receiver at known fixed location, used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS receivers.

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