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transmit

[trans-mit, tranz-] /trænsˈmɪt, trænz-/
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verb (used with object), transmitted, transmitting.
1.
to send or forward, as to a recipient or destination; dispatch; convey.
2.
to communicate, as information or news.
3.
to pass or spread (disease, infection, etc.) to another.
4.
to pass on (a genetic characteristic) from parent to offspring:
The mother transmitted her red hair to her daughter.
5.
Physics.
  1. to cause (light, heat, sound, etc.) to pass through a medium.
  2. to convey or pass along (an impulse, force, motion, etc.).
  3. to permit (light, heat, etc.) to pass through:
    Glass transmits light.
6.
Radio and Television. to emit (electromagnetic waves).
verb (used without object), transmitted, transmitting.
7.
to send a signal by wire, radio, or television waves.
8.
to pass on a right or obligation to heirs or descendants.
Origin of transmit
Middle English
Latin
1350-1400
1350-1400; Middle English transmitten < Latin trānsmittere to send across, equivalent to trāns- trans- + mittere to send
Related forms
transmittable, transmittible, adjective
nontransmittible, adjective
pretransmit, verb (used with object), pretransmitted, pretransmitting.
retransmit, verb (used with object), retransmitted, retransmitting.
untransmitted, adjective
Synonyms
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1. transfer, remit. 2. bear.
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2. See carry.
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  • No savant now denies the transmittable taint of insanity and consumption.

    Mizora: A Prophecy Mary E. Bradley

  • But 'desertion' is a pattern of action, not a transmittable determinant.

    The Ties That Bind Walter Miller

  • We don't know what is a transmittable determinant until after it's happened.

    The Ties That Bind Walter Miller

  • And another way to the soul only—rare, untransferable to words, and therefore not transmittable to others or to the reason.

    The Golden Fountain Lilian Staveley
British Dictionary definitions for transmittable

transmit

/trænzˈmɪt/
verb -mits, -mitting, -mitted
1.
(transitive) to pass or cause to go from one place or person to another; transfer
2.
(transitive) to pass on or impart (a disease, infection, etc)
3.
(transitive) to hand down to posterity
4.
(transitive; usually passive) to pass (an inheritable characteristic) from parent to offspring
5.
to allow the passage of (particles, energy, etc): radio waves are transmitted through the atmosphere
6.
  1. to send out (signals) by means of radio waves or along a transmission line
  2. to broadcast (a radio or television programme)
7.
(transitive) to transfer (a force, motion, power, etc) from one part of a mechanical system to another
Derived Forms
transmittable, transmittible, adjective
transmittal, noun
Word Origin
C14: from Latin transmittere to send across, from trans- + mittere to send
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Word Origin and History for transmittable

transmit

v.

c.1400, from Latin transmittere "send across, transfer, pass on," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + mittere "to send" (see mission). Related: Transmitted; transmitting.

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transmittable in Medicine

transmit trans·mit (trāns-mĭt', trānz-)
v. trans·mit·ted, trans·mit·ting, trans·mits

  1. To send from one person, thing, or place to another; convey.

  2. To cause to spread; pass on.

  3. To impart or convey to others by heredity or inheritance; hand down.

trans·mit'ta·ble adj.
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