upcast

  1. Adjective.  Cast up; thrown upward; as, with '''upcast''' eyes. - Joseph Addison.
  2. Noun.  (context, bowling) A cast; a throw. - Shakespeare.
  3. Noun.  (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
  4. Noun.  (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage. .
  5. Noun.  (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach. - Sir W. Scott.
  6. Noun.  (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
  7. Noun.  A message transmitted via upcasting.
  8. Verb.  (transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
  9. Verb.  (transitive, Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To cast from subtype to supertype.
  11. Verb.  To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft.

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