upcast

Meanings

Adjective

• Cast up; thrown upward.

Noun

• A cast; a throw.
• The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
• A current of air passed along such a shaft.
• An upset, as from a carriage.
• A taunt; a reproach.
• A cast from subtype to supertype.
• A message transmitted via upcasting.

Verb

• To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
• To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
• To cast from subtype to supertype.
• To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft

Related

Similar words

• upcast pit, upcast shaft

Origin

• From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.