transmit
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
to communicate, as information or news.
to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring: The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
Physics.
to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through: Glass transmits light.
Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
Origin of transmit
1synonym study For transmit
Other words for transmit
Other words from transmit
- trans·mit·ta·ble, trans·mit·ti·ble, adjective
- non·trans·mit·ti·ble, adjective
- pre·trans·mit, verb (used with object), pre·trans·mit·ted, pre·trans·mit·ting.
- re·trans·mit, verb (used with object), re·trans·mit·ted, re·trans·mit·ting.
- un·trans·mit·ted, adjective
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How to use transmit in a sentence
Suffice it to say I have the means to collect energy in general and retransmit it in specific forms and directions.
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British Dictionary definitions for transmit
/ (trænzˈmɪt) /
(tr) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
(tr) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
(tr) to hand down to posterity
(tr; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc): radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
(tr) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another
Origin of transmit
1Derived forms of transmit
- transmittable or transmittible, adjective
- transmittal, noun
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