transmission
[ trans-mish-uhn, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmɪʃ ən, trænz- /
||
noun
the act or process of transmitting.
the fact of being transmitted.
something that is transmitted.
Machinery.
- transference of force between machines or mechanisms, often with changes of torque and speed.
- a compact, enclosed unit of gears or the like for this purpose, as in an automobile.
Radio and Television. the broadcasting of electromagnetic waves from one location to another, as from a transmitter to a receiver.
Physics. transmittance.
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Nearby words
- transmigration,
- transmisogyny,
- transmissible,
- transmissible encephalopathy,
- transmissible spongiform encephalopathy,
- transmission density,
- transmission line,
- transmissive,
- transmissively,
- transmissivity
Origin of transmission
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transmission
/ (trænzˈmɪʃən) /
noun
Word Origin for transmission
C17: from Latin transmissiō a sending across; see transmit
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transmission
1610s, "conveyance from one place to another," from Latin transmissionem (nominative transmissio) "a sending over or across, passage," from transmissus, past participle of transmittere "send over or across" (see transmit). Meaning "part of a motor vehicle that regulates power from the engine to the axle" is first recorded 1894.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
transmission
[ trăns-mĭsh′ən, trănz- ]
n.
The conveyance of disease from one person to another.
The passage of a nerve impulse across synapses or at myoneural junctions.
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