transmission line

noun

Electricity.

1. a system of conductors, as coaxial cable, a wave guide, or a pair of parallel wires, used to transmit signals.

transmission line

noun

1. Sometimes shortened to: line. a coaxial cable, waveguide, or other system of conductors that transfers electrical signals from one location to another

Word History and Origins

Origin of transmission line¹

First recorded in 1905–10