Phrase guide
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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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noun
The amount of time from the beginning until the end of a message transmission.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: communications, computing, electrical-engineering, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, networking, physical-sciences, sciences, telecommunications
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
the coordinated universal time when a transmission is sent from Earth to a spacecraft or other celestial body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: TRM
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coordinated universal time, UTC
History
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