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transmission line

noun Electricity.

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

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Nearby words

  1. transmissible,
  2. transmissible encephalopathy,
  3. transmissible spongiform encephalopathy,
  4. transmission,
  5. transmission density,
  6. transmissive,
  7. transmissively,
  8. transmissivity,
  9. transmissometer,
  10. transmit

Origin of transmission line

First recorded in 1905–10
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British Dictionary definitions for transmission line

transmission line

noun

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