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单词 picocell
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picocelln.

Brit. /ˈpiːkəʊsɛl/, /ˈpʌɪkəʊsɛl/, U.S. /ˈpaɪkoʊˌsɛl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pico- comb. form, cell n.1
Etymology: < pico- comb. form + cell n.1 Compare earlier microcell n. (see sense 2 at that entry).
Telecommunications.
Originally: a very small area of cellular network coverage, typically encompassing a single office or home; (later chiefly) a very small cellular base station for providing such coverage, typically used to improve mobile phone reception indoors. Cf. cell n.1 21.A picocell is typically considered to be smaller than a microcell.
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1989 IEEE Communications Mag. July 27/1 As the name implies, a picocell is a very small area or volume that might encompass an office, a house and its immediate environment.
1998 CIO 15 July 67/1 The system uses low-power picocells..throughout the building.
2008 D. Briere et al. Wireless Home Networking for Dummies (ed. 3) xiii. 254/1 An even tinier version of the picocells that many cell phone companies use to improve their coverage inside shopping malls and convention centers.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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